AMD GX-420MC vs AMD Turion X2 RM-77

Comparative analysis of AMD GX-420MC and AMD Turion X2 RM-77 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD GX-420MC

• CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 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 65 nm
• 131072x 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
• 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1796 vs 562

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion X2 RM-77

• Around 15% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2.0 GHz
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 735 vs 695

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD GX-420MC
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 RM-77

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	695 735
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1796 562

Compare specifications (specs)