A4-1250 vs Core 2 Duo E4400

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Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E4400 and A4-1250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD A-Series
Architecture codenameAllendale (2006−2009)Temash (2013)
Release dateJuly 2007 (16 years ago)23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price$48 $337

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E4400 and A4-1250 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2 GHz1 GHz
L1 cache64 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die size111 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperatureL2=61 °C, M0=73 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistors167 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E4400 and A4-1250 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
SocketLGA775FT3
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt8 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E4400 and A4-1250. 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, DDR3L-1333
AES-NI-+
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E4400 and A4-1250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E4400 and A4-1250 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E4400 and A4-1250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 8210

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%

Core 2 Duo E4400 673
+65.8%
A4-1250 406

Core 2 Duo E4400 outperforms A4-1250 by 66% 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%

Core 2 Duo E4400 240
+147%
A4-1250 97

Core 2 Duo E4400 outperforms A4-1250 by 147% 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%

Core 2 Duo E4400 428
+140%
A4-1250 178

Core 2 Duo E4400 outperforms A4-1250 by 140% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 8 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E4400 and A4-1250. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E4400 is a desktop processor while A4-1250 is a notebook one.


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