A9-9420 vs Core i3-2332M

Place in performance ranking	2416	2358
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i3	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	1 September 2011 (12 years ago)	31 May 2016 (7 years ago)
Current price	$136	$440

Technical specs

Core i3-2332M and A9-9420 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
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.2 GHz	3.6 GHz
Bus support	4 × 5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	149 mm²	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	624 million	1,200 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-2332M and A9-9420 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)	1
Socket	G2 (988B)	FT4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-2332M and A9-9420. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Single-Channel DDR4-2133, Virtualization,
AES-NI	no data	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-2332M and A9-9420 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-2332M and A9-9420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 3000

Radeon R5

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.

i3-2332M 0.88

A9-9420 0.97
+10.2%

A9-9420 outperforms Core i3-2332M by 10% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i3-2332M 1353

A9-9420 1497
+10.6%

A9-9420 outperforms Core i3-2332M by 11% in Passmark.