Athlon Silver 7120U vs A9-9400 SoC

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Primary details

Comparing A9-9400 SoC and Athlon Silver 7120U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Power efficiencyno data12.48
Architecture codenameStoney Ridge (2016−2019)Mendocino (Zen 2) (2022−2023)
Release date31 May 2016 (8 years ago)20 September 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A9-9400 SoC and Athlon Silver 7120U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cache160 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm6 nm
Die size125 mm2100 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,200 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A9-9400 SoC and Athlon Silver 7120U 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
SocketFT4FP6
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9400 SoC and Athlon Silver 7120U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9400 SoC and Athlon Silver 7120U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9400 SoC and Athlon Silver 7120U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon R5 3CUAMD Radeon 610M ( - 1900 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A9-9400 SoC and Athlon Silver 7120U.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes84

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 May 2016 20 September 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt

A9-9400 SoC has 50% lower power consumption.

Athlon Silver 7120U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A9-9400 SoC and Athlon Silver 7120U. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A9-9400 SoC is a desktop processor while Athlon Silver 7120U is a notebook one.


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