A4-9120C vs Xeon E-2136

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E-2136 and A4-9120C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	890	2840
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	26.56	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	10.02	8.52
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)	Stoney Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	12 July 2018 (6 years ago)	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$289	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E-2136 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	12	2
Base clock speed	3.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	1.6 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	33	16
L1 cache	384 KB	160 KB
L2 cache	1.5 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	12 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	154 mm2	124.5 mm2
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1200 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E-2136 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 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCLGA1151	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2136 and A4-9120C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	Virtualization,
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	-
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Xeon E-2136 and A4-9120C technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2136 and A4-9120C are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E-2136 and A4-9120C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4
Maximum memory size	128 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	42.671 GB/s	14.936 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

Intel UHD Graphics P630

AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2136 and A4-9120C.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	8.47	0.54
Integrated graphics card	6.39	1.17
Recency	12 July 2018	6 January 2019
Physical cores	6	2
Threads	12	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	6 Watt

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