A4-1200 vs Atom Z3770

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Aggregate performance score

Atom Z3770
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 8 Watt
0.46
+100%
A4-1200
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 4 Watt
0.23

Atom Z3770 outperforms A4-1200 by a whopping 100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Atom Z3770 and A4-1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29343186
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD A-Series
Power efficiency5.445.44
Architecture codenameBay Trail-T (2013−2014)Temash (2013)
Release date27 September 2013 (11 years ago)23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$37no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z3770 and A4-1200 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.46 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.39 GHz1 GHz
L1 cache64K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography22 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z3770 and A4-1200 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
SocketUTFCBGA1380FT3
Power consumption (TDP)8 Watt4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z3770 and A4-1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI++
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Security technologies

Atom Z3770 and A4-1200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Key+no data
Identity Protection+-
Anti-Theft+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom Z3770 and A4-1200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z3770 and A4-1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size4 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17.1 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 SeriesAMD Radeon HD 8180 (225 MHz)
Quick Sync Video+-
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHzno data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Atom Z3770 0.46
+100%
A4-1200 0.23

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.

Atom Z3770 736
+99.5%
A4-1200 369

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.

Atom Z3770 1189
+68.5%
A4-1200 706

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.

Atom Z3770 3961
+217%
A4-1200 1248

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.

Atom Z3770 2212
+202%
A4-1200 733

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.

Atom Z3770 26.55
+321%
A4-1200 111.9

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.

Atom Z3770 0.9
+187%
A4-1200 0.3

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.

Atom Z3770 898
+101%
A4-1200 447

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.  

Atom Z3770 8
+168%
A4-1200 3

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.  

Atom Z3770 40
+254%
A4-1200 11

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Atom Z3770 3035
+208%
A4-1200 986

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Atom Z3770 981
+73.8%
A4-1200 564

Geekbench 2

Atom Z3770 3085
+121%
A4-1200 1395

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.46 0.23
Integrated graphics card 0.77 0.36
Recency 27 September 2013 23 May 2013
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 4 Watt

Atom Z3770 has a 100% higher aggregate performance score, 113.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

A4-1200, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

The Atom Z3770 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-1200 in performance tests.


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