AMD GX-420MC vs AMD Turion II M520

Comparative analysis of AMD GX-420MC and AMD Turion II M520 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD GX-420MC

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
• 2x 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
• Around 94% lower typical power consumption: 17.5 Watt vs 35 Watt
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1796 vs 844

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II M520

• Around 15% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2.0 GHz
• Around 33% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 923 vs 695

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD GX-420MC
CPU 2: AMD Turion II M520

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	695 923
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1796 844

Compare specifications (specs)