Pentium B915C vs A6-9225

Primary details

Comparing A6-9225 and Pentium B915C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2462	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	no data
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	1 June 2018 (6 years ago)	1 May 2012 (12 years ago)
Current price	$451	no data

Detailed specifications

A6-9225 and Pentium B915C 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	2.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.5 GHz
L1 cache	160 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	2048 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	124.5 mm2	131 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1200 Million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A6-9225 and Pentium B915C 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	G2 (988B)
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9225 and Pentium B915C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR4-2133 RAM (1 channel), PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, TBM, FMA4, XOP, SMEP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
FMA	+	no data
AVX	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9225 and Pentium B915C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)

Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2018	1 May 2012
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

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