Pentium T4400 vs A9-9420e

Place in the ranking	2720	2903
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Bristol Ridge	no data
Power efficiency	4.42	1.32
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)	no data
Release date	1 June 2018 (6 years ago)	1 October 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A9-9420e and Pentium T4400 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)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	no data	2.2 GHz
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
L3 cache	no data	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Die size	124.5 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	1200 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A9-9420e and Pentium T4400 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.

Socket	BGA	PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A9-9420e and Pentium T4400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Virtualization,	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-

Security technologies

A9-9420e and Pentium T4400 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 A9-9420e and Pentium T4400 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A9-9420e and Pentium T4400. 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

AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)

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.

A9-9420e 0.70
+42.9%

Pentium T4400 0.49

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.

A9-9420e 1107
+41.9%

Pentium T4400 780

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.70	0.49
Recency	1 June 2018	1 October 2009
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

A9-9420e has a 42.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The A9-9420e is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium T4400 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A9-9420e and Pentium T4400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.