Pentium A1020 vs A6-9220

Primary details

Comparing A6-9220 and Pentium A1020 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2468	2483
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Bristol Ridge	no data
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	no data
Release date	1 June 2016 (7 years ago)	1 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$411	no data

Detailed specifications

A6-9220 and Pentium A1020 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.41 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.9 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	160 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
L3 cache	no data	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Die size	124.5 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	1200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A6-9220 and Pentium A1020 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	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	10-15 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9220 and Pentium A1020. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,	no data
AES-NI	no data	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

A6-9220 and Pentium A1020 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9220 and Pentium A1020 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 A6-9220 and Pentium A1020. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3L-1333
Maximum memory size	no data	8 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.3 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series
Quick Sync Video	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	896 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-9220 and Pentium A1020 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-9220 and Pentium A1020 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

11.2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9220 and Pentium A1020.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4
USB revision	no data	3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

A6-9220 outperforms Pentium A1020 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.82	0.81
Recency	1 June 2016	1 January 2016
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm

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