A4-9120C vs Pentium III 1400

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium III 1400
2001
1 core / 1 thread, 31 Watt
0.12
A4-9120C
2019
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.54
+350%

A4-9120C outperforms Pentium III 1400 by a whopping 350% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking34972990
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency0.378.63
DesignerIntelAMD
Architecture codenameTualatin (2000−2002)Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release dateDecember 2001 (23 years ago)6 January 2019 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium III 1400 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz1.6 GHz
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache8 KB160 KB
L2 cache256 KB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography130 nm28 nm
Die size80 mm2124.5 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)69 °Cno data
Number of transistors44 million1200 Million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium III 1400 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 configuration1no data
Socket370BGA
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium III 1400 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataVirtualization,
AES-NI-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium III 1400 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium III 1400 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data14.936 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 600 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.

Pentium III 1400 0.12
A4-9120C 0.54
+350%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Pentium III 1400 193
A4-9120C 864
+348%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.12 0.54
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 130 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 6 Watt

A4-9120C has a 350% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 416.7% lower power consumption.

The AMD A4-9120C is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium III 1400 in performance tests.

Note that Pentium III 1400 is a desktop processor while A4-9120C is a notebook one.

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