A4-1250 vs A4-9120
Primary details
Comparing A4-9120 and A4-1250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2633 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Bristol Ridge | AMD A-Series |
| Power efficiency | 4.86 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) | Temash (2013) |
| Release date | 1 June 2017 (7 years ago) | 23 May 2013 (11 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A4-9120 and A4-1250 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 1 GHz |
| L1 cache | 160 KB | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 124.5 mm2 | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1200 Million | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A4-9120 and A4-1250 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | BGA | FT3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10-15 Watt | 8 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-9120 and A4-1250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Virtualization, | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-9120 and A4-1250 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-9120 and A4-1250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) | AMD Radeon HD 8210 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 June 2017 | 23 May 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 8 Watt |
A4-9120 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
A4-1250, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A4-9120 and A4-1250. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between A4-9120 and A4-1250, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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