Intel Core i7-4790K vs AMD A4-1200. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000 AMD A4-1000
• Family
  Intel Core i7 AMD A
• Generation
  4 7
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  4 GHz 1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  8 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.4 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 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
  11.1 11.1
• Execution units
  20 2
• Generation
  7.5 5
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 230 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4600 AMD Radeon HD 8180
• GPU Turbo
  1250 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2013
• Shader
  160 128
• Technology
  22 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 / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A4-1200 and Intel Core i7-4790K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  - DDR3L-1066 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-4790K 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.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  88 W 3.9 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-4790K and AMD A4-1200, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Devils Canyon S Temash (Jaguar)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  8 MB 1 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q2/2013
• Socket
  LGA 1150 FT3
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V