A4-9120C vs Pentium M 745

Place in the ranking	3259	2857
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium M	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	0.81	8.51
Architecture codename	Dothan (2004−2005)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	10 May 2004 (20 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 745 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	1	2
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus rate	400 MHz	no data
Multiplier	no data	16
L1 cache	32 KB	160 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	90 nm	28 nm
Die size	87 mm²	124.5 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	144 million	1200 Million
64 bit support	-	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.276V-1.34V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 745 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	H-PBGA479,PPGA478	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	7.5 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 745 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

Pentium M 745 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 Pentium M 745 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 745 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR2	DDR4
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	14.936 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge) ( - 600 MHz)

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.18	0.54
Recency	10 May 2004	6 January 2019
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	90 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	7 Watt	6 Watt

A4-9120C has a 200% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

The A4-9120C is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 745 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 745 and A4-9120C, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.