AMD A4-4020 vs Intel Pentium E6700

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4020 and Intel Pentium E6700 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. 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).

AMD A4-4020

Intel Pentium E6700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-4020

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 106150% higher clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 3.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm

Launch date	March 2014 vs May 2010
Maximum frequency	3400 MHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium E6700

Around 6% higher maximum core temperature: 74.1°C vs 70 °C
Around 33% 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

Maximum core temperature	74.1°C vs 70 °C
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 96 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB (shared) vs 1024 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-4020
CPU 2: Intel Pentium E6700

Name	AMD A4-4020	Intel Pentium E6700
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	453
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	453
PassMark - Single thread mark		1308
PassMark - CPU mark		1177
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		407
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		732
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		14.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.079
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.588
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2.554

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4-4020	Intel Pentium E6700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Richland	Wolfdale
Family	AMD A4-Series
Launch date	March 2014	May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$40	$80
Place in performance rating	2954	2968
Processor Number	A4-4020	E6700
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Price now		$16.99
Series		Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		33.71
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3200 MHz	3.20 GHz
L1 cache	96 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB	2048 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	74.1°C
Maximum frequency	3400 MHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2
Bus Speed		1066 MHz FSB
Die size		82 mm2
Transistor count		228 million
VID voltage range		0.8500V-1.3625V
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 Gb/s
Supported memory types	DDR3-1333	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Graphics
Graphics base frequency	720 MHz
Number of pipelines	128
Processor graphics	Radeon HD 7480D
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2	LGA775
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
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
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)