AMD Athlon II X4 631
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AMD Athlon II X4 631 vs AMD A4-4020. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q3/2011
AMD Athlon II X4 631
AMD Athlon II X4 631
Released
Q1/2014
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AMD A4-4020
AMD A4-4020

What's the best choice AMD Athlon II X4 631 or AMD A4-4020? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Athlon II X4 631 has a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. 4 / 4 Cores. Power consumption of 100 W. Released in Q3/2011.

AMD A4-4020 has a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q1/2014.

Differences

  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    4 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Athlon II X4 631 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1285 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1201 place
AMD A4-4020 Reasons to consider
AMD A4-4020
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1653 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 19% better clock speed

    3.20 GHz left arrow 2.60 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.65 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 100 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A4-4020 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1263 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1478 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1372 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    688 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    815 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    763 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    719 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1261 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Athlon II X4 631 AMD Athlon II X4 631
AMD A4-4020 AMD A4-4020
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    AMD Athlon II left arrow AMD A
  • CPU group
    AMD Athlon II X4 (Llano) left arrow AMD A4-4000
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Generation
    2 left arrow 2
CPU Technical specs

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.

  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Frequency
    2.60 GHz left arrow 3.20 GHz
IGPU

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
    no iGPU left arrow AMD Radeon HD 7480D
  • GPU frequency
    left arrow 0.72 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    left arrow 2
  • Shader
    left arrow 128
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 2 GB
  • Max. displays
    left arrow 2
  • Generation
    left arrow 4
  • Technology
    left arrow 32 nm
  • Release date
    left arrow Q2/2012
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A4-4020 and AMD Athlon II X4 631. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1333 left arrow DDR3-1333
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB left arrow
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Athlon II X4 631 and AMD A4-4020 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    100 W left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Athlon II X4 631 and AMD Athlon II X4 631, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
  • L2-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow --
  • L3-Cache
    -- left arrow 1.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Llano left arrow Richland (Piledriver)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V
  • Socket
    FM1 left arrow FM2
  • Release date
    Q3/2011 left arrow Q1/2014

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Athlon II X4 631 and AMD A4-4020.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
363
AMD Athlon II X4 631
379
AMD A4-4020
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1283
AMD Athlon II X4 631
560
AMD A4-4020

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