Xeon Platinum 9222 vs A4-9120

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking	2522	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	Bristol Ridge	Intel Xeon Platinum
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	Cascade Lake-AP (2019)
Release date	1 June 2017 (7 years ago)	2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$253	no data

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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads	2	64
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	160 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	71.5 MB (shared)
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	8,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

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 configuration	no data	2
Socket	BGA	Intel BGA5903
Power consumption (TDP)	10-15 Watt	250 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 extensions	Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,	Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Speed Shift	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
TSX	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

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

TXT

no data

+

Virtualization technologies

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

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no 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 types	DDR4	DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size	no data	2 TiB
Max memory channels	no data	12
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	281.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)

no data

Pros & cons summary

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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

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