AMD A4-4020 vs Intel Core i3-12300. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i3
• Generation
  2 12
• CPU group
  AMD A4-4000 Intel Core i 12000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i3-11300

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.20 GHz 3.50 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.40 GHz 4.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 7480D Intel UHD Graphics 730
• GPU frequency
  0.72 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  2 24
• Shader
  128 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  4 12
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q1/2021

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-12300 and AMD A4-4020. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  128 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A4-4020 and Intel Core i3-12300 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 60 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 89 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A4-4020 and AMD A4-4020, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 5.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Richland (Piledriver) Alder Lake S
• Technology
  32 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  FM2 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q1/2014 Q1/2022