AMD GX-420CA vs AMD Phenom II X4 P960

Comparative analysis of AMD GX-420CA and AMD Phenom II X4 P960 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD GX-420CA

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
Launch date 23 April 2013 vs 19 October 2010
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 P960

  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 512 KB vs 256 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD GX-420CA
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 P960

Name AMD GX-420CA AMD Phenom II X4 P960
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 496
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 868
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 868
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 773
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 773
PassMark - Single thread mark 737
PassMark - CPU mark 1386
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1087
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3140
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4.568
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.115

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD GX-420CA AMD Phenom II X4 P960

Essentials

Architecture codename eKabini Champlain
Family AMD G-Series
Launch date 23 April 2013 19 October 2010
Place in performance rating 2631 2623
Processor Number GX-420CA
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop
Series 4x AMD Phenom II

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2000 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 90 °C
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
Maximum frequency 1.8 GHz

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Supported memory types DDR3-1600

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 600 MHz
Processor graphics Radeon HD 8400E

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1
OpenGL 4.2

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA769 (FT3) S1 (S1g4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 25 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)