Pentium 4 P4 3.0 vs A9-9425
Primary details
Comparing A9-9425 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1998 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Bristol Ridge | Pentium 4 |
| Architecture codename | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) | Northwood (2002−2004) |
| Release date | 1 June 2016 (8 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
A9-9425 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 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 | 3.1 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 400 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 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 | 1200 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A9-9425 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 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 | 89 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9425 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 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 | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A9-9425 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9425 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0. 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 | AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) | 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.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 89 Watt |
A9-9425 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 493.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A9-9425 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that A9-9425 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 P4 3.0 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between A9-9425 and Pentium 4 P4 3.0, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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