A4-9120C vs i5-8420

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8420 and A4-9120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2858
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i5	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	no data	8.52
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	1 September 2018 (6 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i5-8420 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	6	2
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	no data	16
L1 cache	64K (per core)	160 KB
L2 cache	256K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	9 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	126 mm2	124.5 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8420 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	1151	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8420 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8420 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8420 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	14.936 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel UHD Graphics 630

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 600 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8420 and A4-9120C.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	3.10	1.17
Recency	1 September 2018	6 January 2019
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	6	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6 Watt

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