A4-9120 vs A4-5300

Place in the ranking	2556	2636
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series (Desktop)	Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	1.25	4.84
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	2 October 2012 (12 years ago)	1 June 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5300 and A4-9120 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	2	2
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	160 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm²	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A4-5300 and A4-9120 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FM2	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	10-15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5300 and A4-9120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4	Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5300 and A4-9120 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5300 and A4-9120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7480D

AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)

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.

A4-5300 0.86
+11.7%

A4-9120 0.77

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.

A4-5300 1359
+11.7%

A4-9120 1217

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.86	0.77
Integrated graphics card	0.72	1.03
Recency	2 October 2012	1 June 2017
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	10 Watt

A4-5300 has a 11.7% higher aggregate performance score.

A4-9120, on the other hand, has 43.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 550% lower power consumption.

The A4-5300 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-9120 in performance tests.

Note that A4-5300 is a desktop processor while A4-9120 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A4-5300 and A4-9120, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.