AMD A4-4020 vs AMD Athlon II X3 445

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4020 and AMD Athlon II X3 445 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-4020

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 109577% higher clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 3.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Launch date March 2014 vs May 2010
Maximum frequency 3400 MHz vs 3.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 445

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 3 vs 2
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 96 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-4020
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 445

Name AMD A4-4020 AMD Athlon II X3 445
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 453
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 453
PassMark - Single thread mark 1274
PassMark - CPU mark 1823
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 383
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1036
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.743
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4.487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.259
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 3.169

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A4-4020 AMD Athlon II X3 445

Essentials

Architecture codename Richland Rana
Family AMD A4-Series
Launch date March 2014 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $40 $91
Place in performance rating 3030 3059
Processor Number A4-4020
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Price now $91
Value for money (0-100) 8.33

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3200 MHz
L1 cache 96 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 70 °C
Maximum frequency 3400 MHz 3.1 GHz
Number of cores 2 3
Number of threads 2
Die size 169 mm
Transistor count 300 million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 21.3 Gb/s
Supported memory types DDR3-1333 DDR3

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 720 MHz
Number of pipelines 128
Processor graphics Radeon HD 7480D
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)

Compatibility

Sockets supported FM2 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 2.0

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)