A4-9120C vs Pentium M 753
Aggregate performance score
A4-9120C outperforms Pentium M 753 by a whopping 525% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3677 | 3134 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium M | AMD Bristol Ridge |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Dothan (2004−2005) | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | no data | 6 January 2019 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium M 753 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.2 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 400 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 16 |
| L1 cache | no data | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | no data | 124.5 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1200 Million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium M 753 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.
| Socket | no data | BGA |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 MB | 1 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 753 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Virtualization, |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium M 753 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 753 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 14.936 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 600 MHz) |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.08 | 0.50 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 Watt | 1 Watt |
A4-9120C has a 525% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.
The AMD A4-9120C is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium M 753 in performance tests.
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