A9-9420e vs Celeron M 585
Aggregate performance score
A9-9420e outperforms Celeron M 585 by an impressive 63% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3244 | 2996 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron M | AMD Bristol Ridge |
| Power efficiency | 0.52 | 1.76 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 20 August 2008 (17 years ago) | 1 June 2018 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $70 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron M 585 and A9-9420e 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 | 2.16 GHz | no data |
| Bus rate | 667 MHz | no data |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 143 mm2 | 124.5 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 291 Million | 1200 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M 585 and A9-9420e 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 | PPGA478 | BGA |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 585 and A9-9420e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Virtualization, |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 585 and A9-9420e are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 585 and A9-9420e. 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 | no data | AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.38 | 0.62 |
| Recency | 20 August 2008 | 1 June 2018 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 15 Watt |
A9-9420e has a 63.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 106.7% lower power consumption.
The AMD A9-9420e is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Celeron M 585 in performance tests.
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