AMD Ryzen 5 3450U vs AMD A12-9720P

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3450U and AMD A12-9720P processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3450U

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 17% higher maximum core temperature: 105 °C vs 90 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1909 vs 1314
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6737 vs 2656
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum core temperature 105 °C vs 90 °C
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1909 vs 1314
PassMark - CPU mark 6737 vs 2656

Reasons to consider the AMD A12-9720P

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 3.5 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3450U
CPU 2: AMD A12-9720P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1909
1314
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6737
2656
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3450U AMD A12-9720P
PassMark - Single thread mark 1909 1314
PassMark - CPU mark 6737 2656
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 397
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 130.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 17.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.985
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1403
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6187
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1403
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6187

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 3450U AMD A12-9720P

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Bristol Ridge
Launch date Q2'2020 1 June 2016
OPN Tray YM3450C4T4MFG
Place in performance rating 1287 1298
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Series AMD Bristol Ridge

Performance

Base frequency 2.1 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 105 °C 90 °C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of GPU cores 8
Number of threads 8 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 250 mm
Transistor count 3100 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory types DDR4-2400

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1200 MHz
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 8 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-35 Watt
Sockets supported FP5 FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
FreeSync