A4-9120C vs Core 2 Solo ULV U2100

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Solo ULV U2100 and A4-9120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2840
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiencyno data8.51
Architecture codenameMerom-L (2007)Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release dateSeptember 2007 (17 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Solo ULV U2100 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Boost clock speed1.07 GHz1.6 GHz
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache64 KB160 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography65 nm28 nm
Die size143 mm2124.5 mm2
Number of transistors291 million1200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Solo ULV U2100 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 configuration1no data
SocketIntel BGA 956BGA
Power consumption (TDP)5 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Solo ULV U2100 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataVirtualization,
AES-NI-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Solo ULV U2100 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Solo ULV U2100 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data14.936 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 5 Watt 6 Watt

Core 2 Solo ULV U2100 has 20% lower power consumption.

A4-9120C, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Solo ULV U2100 and A4-9120C. We've got no test results to judge.


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