i9-10880H vs A4-9120
Aggregate performance score
Core i9-10880H outperforms A4-9120 by a whopping 1068% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2937 | 1056 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Bristol Ridge | Intel Comet Lake |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) | Comet Lake-H (2020) |
| Release date | 1 June 2017 (8 years ago) | 2 April 2020 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A4-9120 and Core i9-10880H 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 5.1 GHz |
| L1 cache | 160 KB | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 16 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 124.5 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1200 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A4-9120 and Core i9-10880H 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 | BGA | FCBGA1440 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB | 2 MB + 16 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-9120 and Core i9-10880H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Virtualization, | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-9120 and Core i9-10880H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-9120 and Core i9-10880H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 655 MHz) | Intel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1200 MHz) |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.69 | 8.06 |
| Integrated graphics card | 0.95 | 2.85 |
| Recency | 1 June 2017 | 2 April 2020 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 8 |
| Threads | 2 | 16 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 2 Watt |
A4-9120 has 100% lower power consumption.
i9-10880H, on the other hand, has a 1068.1% higher aggregate performance score, 200% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 300% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Core i9-10880H is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A4-9120 in performance tests.
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