AMD A4-1250 vs AMD Turion 64 MT-30

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-1250 and AMD Turion 64 MT-30 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.

AMD A4-1250

AMD Turion 64 MT-30

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-1250

CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 2 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
1 more threads: 2 vs 1
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 90 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 9 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 329 vs 294
Around 65% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 406 vs 246

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 May 2013 vs March 2005
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Number of threads	2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	9 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	329 vs 294
PassMark - CPU mark	406 vs 246

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 MT-30

Around 60% higher clock speed: 1.6 GHz vs 1 GHz

Maximum frequency	1.6 GHz vs 1 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-1250
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 MT-30

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

329

294

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

406

246

Name	AMD A4-1250	AMD Turion 64 MT-30
PassMark - Single thread mark	329	294
PassMark - CPU mark	406	246
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	108
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	192

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4-1250	AMD Turion 64 MT-30
Essentials
Architecture codename	Temash	Lancaster
Launch date	23 May 2013	March 2005
Place in performance rating	3274	3249
Series	AMD A-Series	Turion 64
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	246 mm	125 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	90 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C
Maximum frequency	1 GHz	1.6 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	2	1
Transistor count	1178 million	114 million
Front-side bus (FSB)		800 MHz
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FT3	754
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	9 Watt	25 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerNow
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)