AMD A4-9120 vs Intel Core2 Duo E6700. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  6 1
• CPU group
  AMD A4-9000 Intel Core 2 Duo

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.20 GHz 2.66 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.50 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  2 2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  2.20 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R3 (Stoney Ridge) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.66 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  2
• Shader
  128
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  3
• Generation
  7
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  28 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2016

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode No
• h264
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core2 Duo E6700 and AMD A4-9120. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2133 DDR2-1066
• Max. Memory
  8 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 1
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  8

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A4-9120 and Intel Core2 Duo E6700 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 65 W
• TDP down
  10 W --
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A4-9120 and AMD A4-9120, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE3
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Stoney Ridge (Excavator) Conroe
• Technology
  28 nm 65 nm
• Socket
  FP4 LGA 775
• Release date
  Q2/2017 Q3/2006