A4-4020 vs Phenom II X4 P960
Aggregate performance score
Phenom II X4 P960 outperforms A4-4020 by a significant 21% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2820 | 2948 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | 4x AMD Phenom II | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.49 | 0.47 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | no data | GlobalFoundries |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Richland (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 19 October 2010 (15 years ago) | January 2014 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X4 P960 and A4-4020 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 | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 96K |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 70 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,303 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and A4-4020 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 (S1g4) | FM2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and A4-4020. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and A4-4020 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and A4-4020. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3-1333 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon HD 7480D |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and A4-4020.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.88 | 0.73 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 65 Watt |
Phenom II X4 P960 has a 20.5% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 160% lower power consumption.
A4-4020, on the other hand, has a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Phenom II X4 P960 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A4-4020 in performance tests.
Be aware that Phenom II X4 P960 is a notebook processor while A4-4020 is a desktop one.
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