A4-9120 vs Xeon X3430

Place in the ranking	2166	2634
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	1.45	4.86
Architecture codename	no data	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	1 July 2009 (15 years ago)	1 June 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Xeon X3430 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	160 KB
L2 cache	no data	1 MB
L3 cache	8 MB Intel® Smart Cache	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	73 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon X3430 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FCLGA1156,LGA1156	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	10-15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon X3430 and A4-9120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	Virtualization,
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	1.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	36 Bit	no data

Security technologies

Xeon X3430 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 X3430 and A4-9120 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon X3430 and A4-9120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-800, DDR3-1066, DDR3-1333	DDR4
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon X3430 and A4-9120.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	no 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.

Xeon X3430 1.51
+88.8%

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 X3430 2305
+89.4%

A4-9120 1217

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.51	0.80
Recency	1 July 2009	1 June 2017
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	10 Watt