Ryzen 7 2700X vs A4-1250

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Primary details

Comparing A4-1250 and Ryzen 7 2700X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated646
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data23.75
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD Ryzen 7
Architecture codenameTemash (2013)Zen+ (2018−2020)
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)19 April 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$329
Current price$337 $171 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A4-1250 and Ryzen 7 2700X basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1 GHz4.35 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)96K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm12 nm
Die size246 mm2192 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million4,800 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplierNoYes

Compatibility

Information on A4-1250 and Ryzen 7 2700X compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT3AM4
Power consumption (TDP)8 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-1250 and Ryzen 7 2700X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1333SSE4.2, SSE4A, AMD-V, AES, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-1250 and Ryzen 7 2700X are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-1250 and Ryzen 7 2700X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data46.933 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8210-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-1250 and Ryzen 7 2700X.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A4-1250 406
Ryzen 7 2700X 17526
+4217%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 4217% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A4-1250 97
Ryzen 7 2700X 1245
+1184%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 1184% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A4-1250 178
Ryzen 7 2700X 6093
+3323%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 3323% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A4-1250 663
Ryzen 7 2700X 5256
+693%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 693% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A4-1250 1258
Ryzen 7 2700X 34763
+2663%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 2663% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A4-1250 741
Ryzen 7 2700X 10643
+1337%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 1337% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A4-1250 111.2
Ryzen 7 2700X 3.48
+3095%

A4-1250 outperforms Ryzen 7 2700X by 3095% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

A4-1250 0
Ryzen 7 2700X 19
+3874%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 3874% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A4-1250 33
Ryzen 7 2700X 1762
+5322%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 5322% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A4-1250 21
Ryzen 7 2700X 176
+757%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 757% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A4-1250 0.2
Ryzen 7 2700X 1.95
+875%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 875% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A4-1250 0.3
Ryzen 7 2700X 10.6
+3826%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 3826% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A4-1250 464
Ryzen 7 2700X 4779
+931%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 931% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A4-1250 3
Ryzen 7 2700X 105
+3554%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 3554% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A4-1250 15
Ryzen 7 2700X 227
+1415%

Ryzen 7 2700X outperforms A4-1250 by 1415% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 May 2013 19 April 2018
Physical cores 2 8
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 32 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 105 Watt

We couldn't decide between A4-1250 and Ryzen 7 2700X. We've got no test results to judge.

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