AMD A4-9120C vs AMD Athlon II N370

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-9120C and AMD Athlon II N370 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD A4-9120C

AMD Athlon II N370

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-9120C

CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
5.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 35 Watt

Launch date	6 January 2019 vs 16 December 2010
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II N370

Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Around 60% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 913 vs 884
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 899 vs 812

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB vs 160 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	913 vs 884
PassMark - CPU mark	899 vs 812

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-9120C
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II N370

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

884

913

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

812

899

Name	AMD A4-9120C	AMD Athlon II N370
PassMark - Single thread mark	884	913
PassMark - CPU mark	812	899

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4-9120C	AMD Athlon II N370
Essentials
Architecture codename	Stoney Ridge	Champlain
Family	AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date	6 January 2019	16 December 2010
OPN Tray	AM912CANN23AC
Place in performance rating	2348	2308
Series	AMD A4-Series APU for Laptops	AMD Athlon II
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	1.6 GHz
Compute Cores	5
Die size	124.5 mm2	117.5 mm
L1 cache	160 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	2.5 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	1200 Million	234 Million
Unlocked
Front-side bus (FSB)		3200 MHz
Memory
Max memory channels	1
Supported memory frequency	1866 MHz
Graphics
Graphics max frequency	600 MHz
iGPU core count	3
Processor graphics	Radeon R4 Graphics
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FT4	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
H.26X Decode
VP9 Decode
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)