A4-9120C vs Celeron M P4500
Aggregate performance score
Celeron M P4500 outperforms A4-9120C by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Celeron M P4500 and A4-9120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2775 | 2840 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron M | AMD Bristol Ridge |
| Power efficiency | 1.67 | 8.51 |
| Architecture codename | Arrandale (2010−2011) | Stoney Ridge (2016−2019) |
| Release date | 1 April 2010 (14 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $86 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron M P4500 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.86 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 2500 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 16 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 160 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Die size | 81+114 mm2 | 124.5 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 382+177 Million | 1200 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M P4500 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 | PGA988 | BGA |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M P4500 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 P4500 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M P4500 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) |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.63 | 0.55 |
| Recency | 1 April 2010 | 6 January 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 6 Watt |
Celeron M P4500 has a 14.5% higher aggregate performance score.
A4-9120C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 483.3% lower power consumption.
The Celeron M P4500 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-9120C in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Celeron M P4500 and A4-9120C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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