A4-9120C vs Athlon 64 FX-57

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 64 FX-57 and A4-9120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	2752
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	San Diego (2001−2005)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	June 2005 (19 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	no data	$290

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 FX-57 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
Base clock speed	no data	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	160 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	90 nm	28 nm
Die size	115 mm2	124.5 mm2
Number of transistors	114 million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 FX-57 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	939	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	104 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 FX-57 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

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Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 FX-57 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 FX-57 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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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	104 Watt	6 Watt

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