A4-9120: specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor benchmark performance at 0.79% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.
Summary
AMD started A4-9120 sales 1 June 2017. This is a Stoney Ridge architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 28 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2500 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is BGA processor with a TDP of 10-15 Watt. It supports DDR4 memory.
General info
A4-9120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 2494 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | Bristol Ridge | |
| Architecture codename | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) | |
| Release date | 1 June 2017 (6 years ago) | |
| Current price | $253 | of 15701 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | of 4.7 (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | of 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L1 cache | 160 KB | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | of 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 124.5 mm2 | |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | of 110 (Atom x7-E3950) |
| Number of transistors | 1200 Million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | No |
Compatibility
Information on A4-9120 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | BGA | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10-15 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A4-9120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization, |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A4-9120's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into A4-9120.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A4-9120. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to A4-9120 is Core i3-2330M, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 5 positions in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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