A4-9120 vs Xeon E5430

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Aggregate performance score

Xeon E5430
2007
80 Watt
1.46
+82.5%

Xeon E5430 outperforms A4-9120 by an impressive 83% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5430 and A4-9120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22012632
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataBristol Ridge
Power efficiency1.664.86
Architecture codenameno dataStoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date1 October 2007 (17 years ago)1 June 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5430 and A4-9120 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 coresno data2 (Dual-core)
Threadsno data2
Base clock speed2.66 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speedno data2.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data160 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache12 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography45 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature67 °C90 °C
Number of transistorsno data1200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.35Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5430 and A4-9120 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.

SocketLGA771BGA
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt10-15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5430 and A4-9120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataVirtualization,
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity+no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5430 and A4-9120 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5430 and A4-9120 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data
EPT-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E5430 and A4-9120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)

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.

Xeon E5430 1.46
+82.5%
A4-9120 0.80

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.

Xeon E5430 2238
+83.9%
A4-9120 1217

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.46 0.80
Recency 1 October 2007 1 June 2017
Chip lithography 45 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 10 Watt

Xeon E5430 has a 82.5% higher aggregate performance score.

A4-9120, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 9 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 700% lower power consumption.

The Xeon E5430 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-9120 in performance tests.

Be aware that Xeon E5430 is a server/workstation processor while A4-9120 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E5430 and A4-9120, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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