i5-1240P vs A6-9120C SoC

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A6-9120C SoC A6-9120C SoC
i5-1240P i5-1240P

Primary details

Comparing A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated730
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiencyno data36.20
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Alder Lake-P (2022)
Release date7 January 2019 (5 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed1.6 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size124 mm2217 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P 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 configuration11
SocketFT4FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon R4Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.3 GHz
Execution Unitsno data80

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary

Recency 7 January 2019 23 February 2022
Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 6 Watt 28 Watt

A6-9120C SoC has 366.7% lower power consumption.

i5-1240P, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, and 500% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P. We've got no test results to judge.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-9120C SoC and Core i5-1240P, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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