Core 2 Duo SU7300 vs A9-9420

Place in the ranking	2523	3060
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	Intel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency	5.93	3.31
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	31 May 2016 (8 years ago)	1 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A9-9420 and Core 2 Duo SU7300 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	3 GHz	1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	1.3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	800 MHz
L1 cache	160 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	3 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	3 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Die size	125 mm²	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A9-9420 and Core 2 Duo SU7300 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	FT4	BGA956
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9420 and Core 2 Duo SU7300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Virtualization,	Intel® SSE4.1
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-

Security technologies

A9-9420 and Core 2 Duo SU7300 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 A9-9420 and Core 2 Duo SU7300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9420 and Core 2 Duo SU7300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Radeon R5

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A9-9420 and Core 2 Duo SU7300.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	8	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.

A9-9420 0.94
+169%

Core 2 Duo SU7300 0.35

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A9-9420 325
+90.1%

Core 2 Duo SU7300 171

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A9-9420 500
+71.8%

Core 2 Duo SU7300 291

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A9-9420 2875
+92.2%

Core 2 Duo SU7300 1496

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A9-9420 4841
+72.1%

Core 2 Duo SU7300 2813

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A9-9420 21.29
+188%

Core 2 Duo SU7300 61.3

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A9-9420 2
+113%

Core 2 Duo SU7300 1

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

A9-9420 134
+85.6%

Core 2 Duo SU7300 72

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

A9-9420 81
+109%

Core 2 Duo SU7300 39

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

A9-9420 1.1
+1000%

Core 2 Duo SU7300 0.1