A4-9120C vs Core 2 Duo T5300

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5300 and A4-9120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2841
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesCore 2 DuoAMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiencyno data8.52
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5300 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.73 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.73 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
Multiplierno data16
L1 cacheno data160 KB
L2 cacheno data1 MB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography65 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data1200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5300 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.

SocketPPGA478BGA
Power consumption (TDP)34 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5300 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataVirtualization,
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5300 and A4-9120C 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 Core 2 Duo T5300 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo T5300 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory bandwidthno data14.936 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD 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.

Core 2 Duo T5300 530
A4-9120C 850
+60.4%

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 34 Watt 6 Watt

A4-9120C has a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 466.7% lower power consumption.

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