A4-9120C vs Athlon 1133
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 3127 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD Bristol Ridge |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Thunderbird C (2000−2001) | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 31 October 2000 (25 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $506 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 1133 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.13 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Multiplier | no data | 16 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 120 mm2 | 124.5 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 37 million | 1200 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 1133 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.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | A | BGA |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 63 Watt | 1 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 1133 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 Athlon 1133 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 1133 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 14.936 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 600 MHz) |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 31 October 2000 | 6 January 2019 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 180 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 63 Watt | 1 Watt |
A4-9120C has an age advantage of 18 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 6200% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between AMD Athlon 1133 and AMD A4-9120C. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that Athlon 1133 is a desktop processor while A4-9120C is a notebook one.
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