A4-9120 vs Pentium J2850

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium J2850
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
0.66

A4-9120 outperforms Pentium J2850 by a significant 21% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium J2850 and A4-9120 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27512634
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumBristol Ridge
Power efficiency6.024.86
Architecture codenameBay Trail-D (2013)Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date1 September 2013 (11 years ago)1 June 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$94no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2850 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.41 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.5 GHz
L1 cache224 KB160 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography22 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C90 °C
Number of transistorsno data1200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2850 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA1170BGA
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt10-15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2850 and A4-9120. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataVirtualization,
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI-no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium J2850 and A4-9120 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium J2850 and A4-9120 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium J2850 and A4-9120. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 SeriesAMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
Graphics max frequency854 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2850 and A4-9120 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2850 and A4-9120.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data

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.

Pentium J2850 0.66
A4-9120 0.80
+21.2%

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.

Pentium J2850 1016
A4-9120 1217
+19.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.66 0.80
Recency 1 September 2013 1 June 2017
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm

Pentium J2850 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

A4-9120, on the other hand, has a 21.2% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 years.

The A4-9120 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium J2850 in performance tests.


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