Xeon Platinum 9222 vs A4-9120

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Primary details

Comparing A4-9120 and Xeon Platinum 9222 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2632not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesBristol RidgeIntel Xeon Platinum
Power efficiency4.86no data
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date1 June 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-9120 and Xeon Platinum 9222 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 cores2 (Dual-core)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads264
Base clock speed2.2 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache160 KB2 MB
L2 cache1 MB32 MB
L3 cacheno data71.5 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size124.5 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors1200 Million8,000 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A4-9120 and Xeon Platinum 9222 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 configurationno data8
SocketBGAIntel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)10-15 Watt250 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-9120 and Xeon Platinum 9222. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsVirtualization,Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+

Security technologies

A4-9120 and Xeon Platinum 9222 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-9120 and Xeon Platinum 9222 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-9120 and Xeon Platinum 9222. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2933
Maximum memory sizeno data2 TiB
Max memory channelsno data12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 2 32
Threads 2 64
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 250 Watt

A4-9120 has 2400% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 9222, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 1500% more physical cores and 3100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A4-9120 and Xeon Platinum 9222. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A4-9120 is a notebook processor while Xeon Platinum 9222 is a server/workstation one.


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