Apple A8 vs AMD A4-9120e

Comparative analysis of Apple A8 and AMD A4-9120e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Apple A8

AMD A4-9120e

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A8

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 20 nm vs 28 nm
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 914 vs 744
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1517 vs 851

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	20 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	914 vs 744
PassMark - CPU mark	1517 vs 851

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-9120e

Around 47% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
1280x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 1.5 GHz
L1 cache	160 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A8
CPU 2: AMD A4-9120e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

914

744

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1517

851

Name	Apple A8	AMD A4-9120e
PassMark - Single thread mark	914	744
PassMark - CPU mark	1517	851

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A8	AMD A4-9120e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Typhoon	Stoney Ridge
Launch date	9 Sep 2014
OS Support	iOS 8.0, iOS 12.5.7, iPadOS 15.7.4, audioOS 11.0, tvOS 9.0, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating	2368	2630
Processor Number	APL1011	A4-9120e
Vertical segment		Mobile
Performance
Base frequency	1.1 GHz	1.5 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)	160 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	20 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	1.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	2 billion
Memory
Max memory channels	1	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	17.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size	2 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1600	DDR4-2133
Graphics
Execution Units	16
Graphics base frequency	533 MHz
iGPU core count	4
Processor graphics	Custom PowerVR Series 6XT	Radeon R3 series
Number of pipelines		128
Compatibility
Sockets supported		FT4
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)