AMD A4-9120C vs AMD Turion II N550

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-9120C and AMD Turion II N550 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-9120C

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 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 4 October 2010
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II N550

  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • Around 66% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 877 vs 850
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
L1 cache 265 KB vs 160 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 891 vs 889
PassMark - CPU mark 877 vs 850

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-9120C
CPU 2: AMD Turion II N550

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
889
891
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
850
877
Name AMD A4-9120C AMD Turion II N550
PassMark - Single thread mark 889 891
PassMark - CPU mark 850 877

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A4-9120C AMD Turion II N550

Essentials

Architecture codename Stoney Ridge Champlain
Family AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date 6 January 2019 4 October 2010
OPN Tray AM912CANN23AC
Place in performance rating 2435 2440
Series AMD A4-Series APU for Laptops AMD Turion II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.6 GHz
Compute Cores 5
Die size 124.5 mm2
L1 cache 160 KB 265 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of GPU cores 3
Number of threads 2 2
Transistor count 1200 Million
Unlocked
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 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™)