AMD A4-4020 vs AMD GX-217GA

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4020 and AMD GX-217GA processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. Benchmark processor performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD A4-4020

AMD GX-217GA

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-4020

CPU is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 453 vs 422
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 453 vs 422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	March 2014 vs 23 April 2013
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	453 vs 422
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	453 vs 422

Reasons to consider the AMD GX-217GA

Around 29% higher maximum core temperature: 90 °C vs 70 °C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Maximum core temperature	90 °C vs 70 °C
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	128 KB vs 96 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-4020
CPU 2: AMD GX-217GA

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

CPU 1

CPU 2

453

422

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

CPU 1

CPU 2

453

422

Name	AMD A4-4020	AMD GX-217GA
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	453	422
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	453	422
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		353
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		750
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		750

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4-4020	AMD GX-217GA
Essentials
Architecture codename	Richland	eKabini
Family	AMD A4-Series	AMD G-Series
Launch date	March 2014	23 April 2013
Launch price (MSRP)	$40
Place in performance rating	3028	3012
Processor Number	A4-4020	GX-217GA
Vertical segment	Desktop	Embedded
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3200 MHz	1650 MHz
L1 cache	96 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	90 °C
Maximum frequency	3400 MHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 Gb/s
Supported memory types	DDR3-1333	DDR3-1600
ECC memory support
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	720 MHz	450 MHz
Number of pipelines	128
Processor graphics	Radeon HD 7480D	Radeon HD 8280E
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2	BGA769 (FT3)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	15 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	2.0	3.0
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™)
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported		2
Graphics API support
DirectX		11.1
OpenGL		4.2