A6-9220 vs Pentium G3240T
Aggregate performance score
Pentium G3240T outperforms A6-9220 by a substantial 31% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium G3240T and A6-9220 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2436 | 2612 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Bristol Ridge |
| Power efficiency | 2.84 | 5.04 |
| Architecture codename | no data | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 1 April 2014 (10 years ago) | 1 June 2016 (8 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium G3240T and A6-9220 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 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2.9 GHz |
| Bus rate | 5 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | no data | 28 nm |
| Die size | no data | 124.5 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1200 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium G3240T and A6-9220 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.
| Socket | no data | BGA |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 10-15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G3240T and A6-9220. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Virtualization, |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G3240T and A6-9220 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G3240T and A6-9220. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 655 MHz) |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.05 | 0.80 |
| Recency | 1 April 2014 | 1 June 2016 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 10 Watt |
Pentium G3240T has a 31.3% higher aggregate performance score.
A6-9220, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 250% lower power consumption.
The Pentium G3240T is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-9220 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium G3240T is a desktop processor while A6-9220 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium G3240T and A6-9220, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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