A4-9120C vs A8-3800

Place in the ranking	2271	2839
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	1.88	8.52
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	30 June 2011 (13 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-3800 and A4-9120C 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	1.6 GHz
Multiplier	no data	16
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	160 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	228 mm²	124.5 mm²
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-3800 and A4-9120C 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	no data
Socket	FM1	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3800 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Virtualization,
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3800 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3800 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	14.936 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 6550D

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)

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.

A8-3800 1.29
+139%

A4-9120C 0.54

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.

A8-3800 2049
+141%

A4-9120C 850

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.29	0.54
Integrated graphics card	1.04	1.17
Recency	30 June 2011	6 January 2019
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6 Watt

A8-3800 has a 138.9% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

A4-9120C, on the other hand, has 12.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 7 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.

The A8-3800 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-9120C in performance tests.

Note that A8-3800 is a desktop processor while A4-9120C is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A8-3800 and A4-9120C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.