Apple M1 vs A4-4000

Primary details

Comparing A4-4000 and Apple M1 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2577	1113
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.94	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Apple Apple M-Series
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	no data
Release date	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)	10 November 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$35	$3.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A4-4000 and Apple M1 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	2	8
Base clock speed	3 GHz	2.064 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.2 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	2 MB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	16 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	16 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	16000 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A4-4000 and Apple M1 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	FM2	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-4000 and Apple M1 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-4000 and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon HD 7480D

Apple M1 8-Core GPU

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Apple M1 outperforms A4-4000 by 618% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.74	5.31
Integrated graphics card	0.72	14.08
Recency	1 June 2013	10 November 2020
Physical cores	2	8
Threads	2	8
Chip lithography	32 nm	5 nm

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