AMD A4-4020 vs AMD Athlon II X4 640
Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4020 and AMD Athlon II X4 640 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 - 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 113233% higher clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 3 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 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 X4 640
- 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
- 5.3x 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
Number of cores | 4 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 X4 640
Name | AMD A4-4020 | AMD Athlon II X4 640 |
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GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 453 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 453 | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1211 | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 2245 | |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 358 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 1191 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score | 0 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 2.776 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 7.618 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.17 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 4.052 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD A4-4020 | AMD Athlon II X4 640 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Richland | Propus |
Family | AMD A4-Series | |
Launch date | March 2014 | May 2010 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $40 | $80 |
Place in performance rating | 3030 | 3023 |
Processor Number | A4-4020 | |
Vertical segment | Desktop | Desktop |
Price now | $239.95 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 4.07 | |
Performance |
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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 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 4 |
Number of threads | 2 | |
Die size | 169 mm | |
Transistor count | 300 million | |
Memory |
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Max memory channels | 2 | |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 21.3 Gb/s | |
Supported memory types | DDR3-1333 | DDR3 |
Graphics |
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Graphics base frequency | 720 MHz | |
Number of pipelines | 128 | |
Processor graphics | Radeon HD 7480D | |
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Compatibility |
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Sockets supported | FM2 | AM3 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 95 Watt |
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Peripherals |
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PCI Express revision | 2.0 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3) | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) |