AMD A4-4000 vs AMD Athlon II X4 605e

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4000 and AMD Athlon II X4 605e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

AMD A4-4000

AMD Athlon II X4 605e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-4000

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 30% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1133 vs 997

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	June 2013 vs October 2009
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1133 vs 997

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 605e

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1966 vs 1146
4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1433 vs 359
7.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 4113 vs 525

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1966 vs 1146
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1433 vs 359
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	4113 vs 525

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-4000
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 605e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1133

997

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1146

1966

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

359

1433

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

525

4113

Name	AMD A4-4000	AMD Athlon II X4 605e
PassMark - Single thread mark	1133	997
PassMark - CPU mark	1146	1966
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	359	1433
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	525	4113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.915
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2.86
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.096
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.774
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.385
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4280
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	367
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2039
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4280
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4-4000	AMD Athlon II X4 605e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Richland	Propus
Launch date	June 2013	October 2009
Place in performance rating	2132	2149
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$102
Price now		$101.80
Value for money (0-100)		7.96
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	246 mm	169 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	2.3 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Transistor count	1178 million	300 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FM2	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)