Pentium M 738 vs A9-9420
Primary Details
Comparing A9-9420 and Pentium M 738 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2366 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Bristol Ridge | Pentium M |
| Architecture codename | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) | Dothan (2004−2005) |
| Release date | 31 May 2016 (7 years ago) | no data |
| Current price | $440 | $319 |
Detailed Specifications
A9-9420 and Pentium M 738 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 400 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 124.5 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,200 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on A9-9420 and Pentium M 738 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 | FT4 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9420 and Pentium M 738. 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 |
| FMA | + | no data |
| AVX | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9420 and Pentium M 738 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9420 and Pentium M 738. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Radeon R5 | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
Pentium M 738 outperforms A9-9420 by 501% in wPrime 32.
Pros & Cons Summary
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 10 Watt |
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