A6-9210 vs Pentium J2900

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium J2900
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
0.79
A6-9210
2016
2 cores / 2 threads, 10 Watt
0.79

Primary details

Comparing Pentium J2900 and A6-9210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26322634
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency7.484.98
Architecture codenameBay Trail-D (2013)Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date1 November 2013 (11 years ago)1 June 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$94no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium J2900 and A6-9210 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 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache224 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB1024 KB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography22 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C90 °C
Number of transistorsno data1200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium J2900 and A6-9210 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
SocketFCBGA1170FP4
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt10-15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium J2900 and A6-9210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataVirtualization,
AES-NI-+
FMA-FMA4
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI-no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium J2900 and A6-9210 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 J2900 and A6-9210 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 J2900 and A6-9210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels21
Maximum memory bandwidth21.3 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 SeriesAMD Radeon R4 Graphics
iGPU core countno data3
Quick Sync Video+-
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+
Graphics max frequency896 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium J2900 and A6-9210 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium J2900 and A6-9210 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2DirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium J2900 and A6-9210.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes48
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no 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 J2900 0.79
A6-9210 0.79

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 J2900 1250
+0.2%
A6-9210 1248

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 November 2013 1 June 2016
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm

Pentium J2900 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

A6-9210, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium J2900 and A6-9210.


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