AMD A4-4000 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8400. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A4-4000 Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core2 Duo
• Generation
  2 2
• Predecessor
  - No
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop
• Successor
  - No

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.2 GHz No
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3.2 GHz No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11 -
• Execution units
  2 -
• Generation
  4 -
• GPU Frequency
  720 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 7480D -
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo -
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2012 -
• Shader
  128 -
• Technology
  32 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No -
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode -
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No -
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No -
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode -
• VC-1
  Decode -
• VP8
  No -
• VP9
  No -

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core2 Duo E8400 and AMD A4-4000. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR2-1066 / DDR3-1333

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A4-4000 and Intel Core2 Duo E8400 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 80 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - No
• TDP down
  - No
• TDP up
  - No

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A4-4000 and Intel Core2 Duo E8400, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Richland (Piledriver) Wolfdale
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1
• L2-Cache
  - 6 MB
• L3-Cache
  1 MB No
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2008
• Socket
  FM2 LGA 775
• Technology
  32 nm 45 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x