AMD R-272F vs AMD RX-421BD

Comparative analysis of AMD R-272F and AMD RX-421BD 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: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD RX-421BD

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 106150% higher clock speed: 3400 MHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 3.3x 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
Launch date 21 October 2015 vs 21 May 2012
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3400 MHz vs 3.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 320 KB vs 96 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD R-272F
CPU 2: AMD RX-421BD

Name AMD R-272F AMD RX-421BD
PassMark - Single thread mark 1087
PassMark - CPU mark 1215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.817
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 10.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.189
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.608
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.623
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 7025
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 8
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1942
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 7025

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD R-272F AMD RX-421BD

Essentials

Architecture codename Piledriver Merlin Falcon
Launch date 21 May 2012 21 October 2015
Place in performance rating 2087 1657
Vertical segment Embedded Embedded
Family AMD R-Series
Processor Number RX-421BD

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2100 MHz
L1 cache 96 KB 320 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3400 MHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Die size 1073 mm2

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 38.4 GB/s
Supported memory types DDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600, DDR3U-1600 DDR3-2133, DDR4-2400
ECC memory support

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 497 MHz 800 MHz
Graphics max frequency 686 MHz
Number of pipelines 192 512
Processor graphics Radeon HD 7520G Radeon R7 series
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
HDMI
Number of displays supported 4 3
VGA
eDP

Graphics API support

DirectX 11 12
OpenGL 4.2 4.4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FS1 BGA (FP4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt
Configurable TDP 12-35 Watt
Package Size micro-BGA

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0 3.0
UART
USB revision 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
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)