A4-9120 vs Celeron Dual-Core T3000

Place in the ranking	2950	2638
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Celeron Dual-Core	Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	1.16	4.86
Architecture codename	Penryn-1M (2009)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	1 May 2009 (15 years ago)	1 June 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and A4-9120 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	2	2
Base clock speed	no data	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	64 KB	160 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Die size	107 mm²	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	410 Million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and A4-9120 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	P (478)	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10-15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and A4-9120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

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Virtualization,

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and A4-9120 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and A4-9120. 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 R2 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 655 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.

Celeron Dual-Core T3000 0.43

A4-9120 0.77
+79.1%

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.

Celeron Dual-Core T3000 687

A4-9120 1217
+77.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.43	0.77
Recency	1 May 2009	1 June 2017
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

A4-9120 has a 79.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 250% lower power consumption.

The A4-9120 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron Dual-Core T3000 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron Dual-Core T3000 and A4-9120, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.