AMD A6-9225 vs Intel Pentium 2020M

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Combined performance score

Pentium 2020M
0.90
+3.4%

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 3% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Pentium 2020M and A6-9225 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking23942412
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Bristol Ridge
Architecture codenameIvy Bridge (2012−2013)Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date1 September 2012 (11 years old)1 June 2018 (5 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$134no data
Current price$37 (0.3x MSRP)$451

Technical specs

Pentium 2020M and A6-9225 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.4 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)160 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache2 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography22 nm28 nm
Die size118 mm2124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °C90 °C
Number of transistors1,400 million1200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 2020M and A6-9225 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
SocketFCPGA988BGA
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 2020M and A6-9225. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2Single-Channel DDR4-2133 RAM, Virtualization
AES-NI-no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Pentium 2020M and A6-9225 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 2020M and A6-9225 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 2020M and A6-9225. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® ProcessorsAMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
Graphics max frequency1.1 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 2020M and A6-9225 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 2020M and A6-9225.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.


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.

Pentium 2020M 0.90
+3.4%
A6-9225 0.87

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 3% in our combined 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%

Pentium 2020M 1379
+3.6%
A6-9225 1331

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 4% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium 2020M 398
+46.9%
A6-9225 271

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 47% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Pentium 2020M 671
+48.1%
A6-9225 453

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 48% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Pentium 2020M 3299
+30.3%
A6-9225 2532

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 30% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium 2020M 6312
+50.5%
A6-9225 4193

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 51% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Pentium 2020M 2449
+14.9%
A6-9225 2132

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 15% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Pentium 2020M 31.53
A6-9225 26.28
+20%

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 20% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Pentium 2020M 2
+54.8%
A6-9225 1

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 55% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Pentium 2020M 0.98
+15.3%
A6-9225 0.85

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 15% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium 2020M 0.2
A6-9225 1
+405%

A6-9225 outperforms Pentium 2020M by 405% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium 2020M 1388
+62.9%
A6-9225 852

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 63% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium 2020M 61
+25.4%
A6-9225 49

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 25% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Pentium 2020M 11
+20.9%
A6-9225 9

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 21% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Pentium 2020M 4060
+3.2%
A6-9225 3936

Pentium 2020M outperforms A6-9225 by 3% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.90 0.87
Recency 1 September 2012 1 June 2018
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

We couldn't decide between Pentium 2020M and A6-9225. The differences in performance seem too small.


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