A4-9120C vs E2-3000

Primary details

Comparing E2-3000 and A4-9120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	2806
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD E-Series	AMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

E2-3000 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	1.65 GHz	1.6 GHz
Multiplier	no data	16
L1 cache	no data	160 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm2	124.5 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on E2-3000 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	no data
Socket	FT3	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E2-3000 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX	Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E2-3000 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E2-3000 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR4
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	14.936 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 8280	AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of E2-3000 and A4-9120C integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by E2-3000 and A4-9120C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by E2-3000 and A4-9120C.

PCIe version

2.0

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	0.67	1.17
Recency	23 May 2013	6 January 2019
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	6 Watt

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