AMD A6-9200 SoC socket: Socket FT4

What the A6-9200 SoC is

The A6-9200 SoC is a two core, two thread mobile processor from Stoney Ridge. It launched in May 2016 with a 2.0 GHz base and up to 2.8 GHz boost at 10 W. Two cores in a 10 W envelope cover fanless laptops where silence matters.

One megabyte of L2 cache feeds browsing and documents. The low 2.0 GHz base keeps power minimal, while 2.8 GHz boost gives responsive peaks. Ten watts allow sealed bodies.

Stoney Ridge graphics with video engines handle streaming without a discrete card. Single channel DDR4 keeps costs down. Schools pick it for quiet classrooms.

On 28 nm the 9200 solders to FT4 boards. It sits below the 9230 on base clocks at lower power. Locked multiplier keeps behavior steady.

Socket and motherboard compatibility

The A6-9200 solders to Socket FT4 with no upgrade path. Thin laptop choice fixes the chip for life. Boards tune 10 W for passive cooling.

Fanless bodies pair it with soldered DDR4 and eMMC storage. The How to find your CPU socket type guide covers BGA identification.

The A6-9230 SoC on the same socket adds base clocks at higher power. The A9-9400 SoC adds graphics headroom.

Memory, PCIe and cooling

DDR4-2133 single channel is the memory target. Capacity follows soldered designs. Bandwidth suits office tasks.

Eight PCIe lanes wire eMMC and Wi-Fi. Speeds fit thin clients.

Ten watts cool passively with a spreader. No fan means no dust failures.

Upgrade paths

No CPU swap exists on soldered FT4. Storage cleaning extends life.

A new laptop is the path past dual cores.