Celeron 3855U vs A6-9220C

Primary details

Comparing A6-9220C and Celeron 3855U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2756	2652
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	10.42	4.86
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date	7 January 2019 (5 years ago)	15 August 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$107

Detailed specifications

A6-9220C and Celeron 3855U 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus type	no data	OPI
Bus rate	no data	4 GT/s
Multiplier	18	16
L1 cache	160 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	2 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Die size	124.5 mm2	98.57 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	1750 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-9220C and Celeron 3855U 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	1	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FT4	FCBGA1356
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9220C and Celeron 3855U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Virtualization,	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
My WiFi	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Smart Response	no data	+

Security technologies

A6-9220C and Celeron 3855U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
SGX	no data	Yes with Intel® ME
OS Guard	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9220C and Celeron 3855U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9220C and Celeron 3855U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-1866/2133, LPDDR3-1600/1866, DDR3L-1333/1600
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	14.936 GB/s	34.134 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 720 MHz)	Intel HD Graphics 510
Max video memory	no data	32 GB
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	900 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-9220C and Celeron 3855U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+
DVI	no data	+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A6-9220C and Celeron 3855U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	no data	+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	no data	4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDP	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort	no data	4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA	no data	N/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-9220C and Celeron 3855U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	12
OpenGL	no data	4.4

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9220C and Celeron 3855U.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	8	10

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.66	0.77
Integrated graphics card	1.48	1.61
Recency	7 January 2019	15 August 2015
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt

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