A4-9120C vs Apple M4 (10 cores)
Aggregate performance score
Apple M4 (10 cores) outperforms A4-9120C by a whopping 2620% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 571 | 3062 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Apple Apple M4 | AMD Bristol Ridge |
| Power efficiency | 14.39 | 3.53 |
| Designer | Apple | AMD |
| Architecture codename | no data | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 7 May 2024 (1 year ago) | 6 January 2019 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
M4 (10 cores) 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 |
| Boost clock speed | 4.4 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 16 |
| L1 cache | no data | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | no data | 124.5 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 28 Million | 1200 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on M4 (10 cores) 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) | 40 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M4 (10 cores) 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 M4 (10 cores) and A4-9120C are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by M4 (10 cores) and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 14.936 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Apple M4 10-core GPU | AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 600 MHz) |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 13.60 | 0.50 |
| Recency | 7 May 2024 | 6 January 2019 |
| Physical cores | 10 | 2 |
| Threads | 10 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 3 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 40 Watt | 6 Watt |
Apple M4 (10 cores) has a 2620% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 400% more physical cores and 400% more threads, and a 833.3% more advanced lithography process.
A4-9120C, on the other hand, has 566.7% lower power consumption.
The Apple M4 (10 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A4-9120C in performance tests.
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