A4-9120C vs Celeron M 560
Primary details
Comparing Celeron M 560 and A4-9120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 2841 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron M | AMD Bristol Ridge |
| Power efficiency | no data | 8.52 |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 1 May 2008 (16 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Celeron M 560 and A4-9120C 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.13 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 16 |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 143 mm2 | 124.5 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 291 Million | 1200 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M 560 and A4-9120C 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 | PPGA478 | BGA |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 560 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Virtualization, |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 560 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 560 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 14.936 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) |
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 May 2008 | 6 January 2019 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 30 Watt | 6 Watt |
A4-9120C has an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.
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