A4-9120C vs Atom Z550

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z550 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	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	8 April 2009 (15 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Current price	no data	$290

Detailed specifications

Atom Z550 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	2	2
Base clock speed	2 GHz	1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus support	533.33 MT/s	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	160 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Die size	24.18 mm27.8 mm × 3.1 mm	124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	1200 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z550 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	PBGA441	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	2.4 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z550 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,
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Atom Z550 and A4-9120C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z550 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z550 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

-

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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Recency	8 April 2009	6 January 2019
Physical cores	1	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	2 Watt	6 Watt

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