A4-9120C vs Atom N2850

Primary details

Comparing Atom N2850 and A4-9120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	2753
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Cedarview-M (2011−2012)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	5 January 2012 (12 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	no data	$290

Detailed specifications

Atom N2850 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	no data	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	no data	160 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	124.5 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Atom N2850 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)	6,6 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom N2850 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 Atom N2850 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom N2850 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	5 January 2012	6 January 2019
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm

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