Ryzen 5 5600H vs A4-9120C

Place in the ranking	2806	707
Place by popularity	not in top-100	39
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	AMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	Cezanne-H (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-9120C and Ryzen 5 5600H 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)	6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads	2	12
Base clock speed	no data	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	4.2 GHz
Multiplier	16	33
L1 cache	160 KB	384 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	3 MB
L3 cache	no data	16 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Die size	124.5 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	1200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on A4-9120C and Ryzen 5 5600H 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	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-9120C and Ryzen 5 5600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Virtualization,	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-9120C and Ryzen 5 5600H are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-9120C and Ryzen 5 5600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth	14.936 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 7

Synthetic benchmark performance

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. 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.

A4-9120C 0.55

Ryzen 5 5600H 11.02
+1904%

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.

A4-9120C 852

Ryzen 5 5600H 16997
+1895%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.55	11.02
Integrated graphics card	1.17	7.40
Recency	6 January 2019	12 January 2021
Physical cores	2	6
Threads	2	12
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	45 Watt

A4-9120C has 650% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 5600H, on the other hand, has a 1903.6% higher aggregate performance score, 532.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 5600H is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-9120C in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A4-9120C and Ryzen 5 5600H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.