AMD A10-9700 vs AMD A4-1200. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A10-9700 AMD A4-1000
• Family
  AMD A AMD A
• Generation
  7 7
• Segment
  Desktop Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  3.5 GHz 1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.8 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo 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
  12 11.1
• Execution units
  6 2
• Generation
  6 5
• GPU Frequency
  1050 MHz 230 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon R7 - 384 AMD Radeon HD 8180
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q2/2013
• Shader
  384 128
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A4-1200 and AMD A10-9700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 DDR3L-1066 SO-DIMM
• PCIe
  3.0 x 8 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A10-9700 and AMD A4-1200 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
  90 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 3.9 W
• TDP (PL2)
  No -
• TDP down
  45 W -
• TDP up
  No -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A10-9700 and AMD A4-1200, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Excavator Temash (Jaguar)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L2-Cache
  2 MB -
• L3-Cache
  No 1 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2017 Q2/2013
• Socket
  AM4 FT3
• Technology
  28 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V