A4-9120C vs Athlon 64 FX-57

Place in the ranking	3091	2857
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	0.30	8.52
Architecture codename	San Diego (2001−2005)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	June 2005 (19 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

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
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.6 GHz
Multiplier	no data	16
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	-	-

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	no data	Virtualization,
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+

Virtualization technologies

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

AMD-V

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	no data	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	14.936 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

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. 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.

Athlon 64 FX-57 0.33

A4-9120C 0.54
+63.6%

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.

Athlon 64 FX-57 517

A4-9120C 850
+64.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.33	0.54
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	104 Watt	6 Watt

A4-9120C has a 63.6% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 1633.3% lower power consumption.

The A4-9120C is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 FX-57 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon 64 FX-57 is a desktop processor while A4-9120C is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 64 FX-57 and A4-9120C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.