A4-9120C vs Apple M1 Pro

Place in performance ranking	623	2753
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple M-Series	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	no data	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	18 October 2021 (2 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	$11.95	$290

Detailed specifications

Apple M1 Pro 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	10 (Deca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	10	2
Base clock speed	2.064 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.22 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	2.9 MB	160 KB
L2 cache	28 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	24 MB	no data
Chip lithography	5 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	124.5 mm²
Number of transistors	33700 Million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Apple M1 Pro 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.

Socket	no data	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M1 Pro and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

no data

Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M1 Pro and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU

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.

Apple M1 Pro 11.74
+2115%

A4-9120C 0.53

Apple M1 Pro outperforms A4-9120C by 2115% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Apple M1 Pro 17166
+2001%

A4-9120C 817

Apple M1 Pro outperforms A4-9120C by 2001% in Passmark.