AMD A4-9120C Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The AMD A4-9120C features 2 processor cores and has the capability to manage 2 threads concurrently. It was released in Q1/2019 and belongs to the 6 generation of the AMD A series. To use the AMD A4-9120C, you'll need a motherboard with a FP4 socket.
Name: AMD A4-9120C
Family: AMD A
Group: AMD A4-9000
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A4-9120C has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A4-9120C is 1.6 GHz and turbo frequency for one core is 2.4 GHz.
CPU Cores: 2
Threads: 2
Cores: 2x
Core architecture: normal
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
Frequency: 1.6 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 core): 2.4 GHz
Turbo Frequency (all cores): 2.0 GHz

Internal Graphics

The AMD A4-9120C has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD A4-9120C uses the AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge), which has 192 texture shaders and 3 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
GPU frequency: 0.6 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 3
Shaders: 192
Max. GPU Memory: 2.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 7
Direct X: 12
Technology: 28 nm
Release date: Q2/2016

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode
h264: Decode
VP8: Decode
VP9: Decode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Memory type: DDR4-1866
Max. Memory: 8.0 GB
Memory channels: 1
Bandwidth: --
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: Yes

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 6 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 6 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: 90 °C

Technical details

The AMD A4-9120C is manufactured using a 28 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 2.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 28 nm
Chip design: --
Socket: FP4
L2-Cache: 0 bytes
L3-Cache: 2.0 MB
Architecture: Stoney Ridge (Excavator)
Operating systems:
Virtualization: AMD-V
Instruction set (ISA): x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions: SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release date: Q1/2019
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Core i5-4210Y
2C 4T @ 1.5 GHz
1570
1570
Intel Core i5-4200Y
2C 4T @ 1.4 GHz
1560
1560
AMD A4-9120C
2C 2T @ 1.6 GHz
1545
1545
MediaTek Helio P23
NoneC NoneT @ --
1543
1543
AMD A6-6420K
2C 2T @ 4.0 GHz
1542
1542

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-2710QE
4C 8T @ 2.1 GHz
230
230
Intel Core i7-2675QM
4C 8T @ 2.2 GHz
230
230
AMD A4-9120C
2C 2T @ 1.6 GHz
230
230
AMD A6-9210
2C 2T @ 2.4 GHz
230
230
AMD 3015e
2C 4T @ 1.2 GHz
230
230

All benchmarks for AMD A4-9120C