A4-9120 vs Apple M2

Place in the ranking	807	2638
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple Apple M-Series	Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	44.48	4.86
Architecture codename	no data	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	10 June 2022 (2 years ago)	1 June 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Apple M2 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	8 (Octa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	8	2
Base clock speed	2.424 GHz	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.48 GHz	2.5 GHz
L1 cache	2 MB	160 KB
L2 cache	20 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	5 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	20000 Million	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Apple M2 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.

Socket	no data	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	10-15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and A4-9120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

no data

Virtualization,

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Apple M2 and A4-9120 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and A4-9120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Apple M2 10-Core GPU ( - 1398 MHz)

AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 655 MHz)

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.

Apple M2 9.40
+1121%

A4-9120 0.77

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.

Apple M2 14933
+1127%

A4-9120 1217

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	9.40	0.77
Recency	10 June 2022	1 June 2017
Physical cores	8	2
Threads	8	2
Chip lithography	5 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	10 Watt

Apple M2 has a 1120.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

A4-9120, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

The Apple M2 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-9120 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M2 and A4-9120, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.