AMD A4-4020 vs AMD Athlon II X4 631

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4020 and AMD Athlon II X4 631 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 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 130669% higher clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 2.6 GHz
  • Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
Launch date March 2014 vs August 2011
Maximum frequency 3400 MHz vs 2.6 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 631

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 0% higher maximum core temperature: 70.10°C vs 70 °C
  • 5.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum core temperature 70.10°C vs 70 °C
L1 cache 512 KB vs 96 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1024 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-4020
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 631

Name AMD A4-4020 AMD Athlon II X4 631
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 453
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 453
PassMark - Single thread mark 1115
PassMark - CPU mark 2122
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 342
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.611
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 10.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.196
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.401
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.046

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A4-4020 AMD Athlon II X4 631

Essentials

Architecture codename Richland Llano
Family AMD A4-Series AMD Athlon Processors
Launch date March 2014 August 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $40
Place in performance rating 3029 3019
Processor Number A4-4020
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
OPN PIB AD631XWNGXBOX
OPN Tray AD631XWNZ43GX
Price now $80
Series AMD Athlon II X4
Value for money (0-100) 11.61

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3200 MHz 2.6 GHz
L1 cache 96 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 70 °C 70.10°C
Maximum frequency 3400 MHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Die size 228 mm
Transistor count 1178 million
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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 FM1 uPGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 100 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™)