A4-9120C vs Atom Z2560

Place in the ranking	3184	2857
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	7.26	8.52
Architecture codename	Clovertrail (2013)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	27 February 2013 (11 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Atom Z2560 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
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	1.6 GHz
Multiplier	no data	16
L1 cache	64K (per core)	160 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	65 mm²	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	140 million	1200 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z2560 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	FC-MB4760	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z2560 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	Virtualization,
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
PAE	32 Bit	no data
Smart Idle	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z2560 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z2560 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR4
Maximum memory size	2 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	8.5 GB/s	14.936 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

PowerVR SGX544MP2 (400 MHz)

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 600 MHz)

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom Z2560 and A4-9120C integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom Z2560 and A4-9120C.

USB revision	2.0 OTG, USB-SPH 2.0	no data
Number of USB ports	2	no data
UART	3	no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.23	0.54
Recency	27 February 2013	6 January 2019
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	3 Watt	6 Watt

Atom Z2560 has 100% more threads, and 100% lower power consumption.

A4-9120C, on the other hand, has a 134.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The A4-9120C is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom Z2560 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom Z2560 and A4-9120C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.