A6-9220C vs Pentium N4200

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium N4200
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.37
+104%
A6-9220C
2019
2 cores / 2 threads, 6 Watt
0.67

Pentium N4200 outperforms A6-9220C by a whopping 104% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium N4200 and A6-9220C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22292737
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency21.5210.52
Architecture codenameApollo Lake (2014−2016)Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date1 September 2016 (8 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$161no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N4200 and A6-9220C 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 speed1.1 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz1.8 GHz
Multiplierno data18
L1 cacheno data160 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB (shared)
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography14 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °C90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,200 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N4200 and A6-9220C 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 configuration11
SocketFCBGA1296FT4
Power consumption (TDP)6 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N4200 and A6-9220C. 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
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Smart Response-no data
GPIO+no data
Smart Connect-no data
HD Audio+no data
RST-no data

Security technologies

Pentium N4200 and A6-9220C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Secure Boot+no data
Secure Key+no data
MPX+-
Identity Protection+-
OS Guard+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N4200 and A6-9220C are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N4200 and A6-9220C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3, DDR3, DDR4DDR4
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidthno data14.936 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel HD Graphics 505AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
Max video memory8 GBno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency750 MHzno data
Execution Units18no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N4200 and A6-9220C integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-
MIPI-DSI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N4200 and A6-9220C integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX+no data
OpenGL+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N4200 and A6-9220C.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes68
USB revision2.0/3.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports2no data
Number of USB ports8no data
Integrated LAN-no data
UART+no 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 N4200 1.37
+104%
A6-9220C 0.67

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 N4200 2173
+106%
A6-9220C 1053

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.37 0.67
Integrated graphics card 0.94 1.48
Recency 1 September 2016 6 January 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

Pentium N4200 has a 104.5% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

A6-9220C, on the other hand, has 57.4% faster integrated GPU, and an age advantage of 2 years.

The Pentium N4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-9220C in performance tests.


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