A4-9120C vs 3015Ce

Place in the ranking	2267	2858
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	20.82	8.52
Architecture codename	Pollock (Zen) (2020)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	4 August 2020 (4 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

3015Ce and A4-9120C basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	1.6 GHz
Multiplier	no data	16
L1 cache	192 KB	160 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on 3015Ce and A4-9120C compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socket	FT5	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by 3015Ce and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by 3015Ce and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by 3015Ce and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	14.936 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 600 MHz)

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 600 MHz)

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

3015Ce 1.32
+144%

A4-9120C 0.54

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

3015Ce 2099
+147%

A4-9120C 850

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.32	0.54
Integrated graphics card	2.98	1.17
Recency	4 August 2020	6 January 2019
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm

3015Ce has a 144.4% higher aggregate performance score, 154.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The 3015Ce is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-9120C in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between 3015Ce and A4-9120C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.