Pentium Extreme Edition 965 vs A4-9120
Aggregate performance score
A4-9120 outperforms Pentium Extreme Edition 965 by a significant 25% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2976 | 3118 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | Bristol Ridge | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.97 | 0.18 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) | Presler (2005−2007) |
| Release date | 1 June 2017 (8 years ago) | 26 March 2006 (20 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $999 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
A4-9120 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 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 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 3.733 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 0.73 GHz |
| L1 cache | 160 KB | 16 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 124.5 mm2 | 2x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 67 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1200 Million | 376 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on A4-9120 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | BGA | 775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 130 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-9120 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Virtualization, | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-9120 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-9120 and Pentium Extreme Edition 965. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 655 MHz) | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
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 | 0.70 | 0.56 |
| Recency | 1 June 2017 | 26 March 2006 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 130 Watt |
A4-9120 has a 25% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 132% more advanced lithography process, and 767% lower power consumption.
Pentium Extreme Edition 965, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.
The AMD A4-9120 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium Extreme Edition 965 in performance tests.
Be aware that A4-9120 is a notebook processor while Pentium Extreme Edition 965 is a desktop one.
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