A4-9120C vs Core 2 Duo T7700

Place in the ranking	2807	2857
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	1.67	8.51
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	2 September 2007 (17 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$307	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T7700 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
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	16
L1 cache	64 KB	160 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
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 Core 2 Duo T7700 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	PBGA479,PPGA478	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T7700 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T7700 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 T7700 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 T7700 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) ( - 600 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.

Core 2 Duo T7700 0.60
+11.1%

A4-9120C 0.54

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 T7700 951
+11.9%

A4-9120C 850