AMD A4-1200 vs AMD Phenom II X4 N930

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-1200 and AMD Phenom II X4 N930 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-1200

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • 8.8x lower typical power consumption: 3.9 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 559 vs 229
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 May 2013 vs 12 May 2010
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 3.9 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 559 vs 229
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 891 vs 890

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 N930

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 100% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1 GHz
  • 4x 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
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 817 vs 303
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1584 vs 369
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2 GHz vs 1 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 817 vs 303
PassMark - CPU mark 1584 vs 369

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-1200
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 N930

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
303
817
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
369
1584
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
559
229
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
891
890
Name AMD A4-1200 AMD Phenom II X4 N930
PassMark - Single thread mark 303 817
PassMark - CPU mark 369 1584
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 559 229
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 891 890
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 611
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1227
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 238
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 611
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1227

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A4-1200 AMD Phenom II X4 N930

Essentials

Architecture codename Temash Champlain
Launch date 23 May 2013 12 May 2010
Place in performance rating 2857 2863
Series AMD A-Series 4x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 90 °C
Maximum frequency 1 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Transistor count 1178 million
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FT3 S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 3.9 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)