Amd a4 1200 processor: AMD A-Series A4-1200 Notebook Processor

A4-1200 [in 18 benchmarks]


AMD
A4-1200

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  • Memory clock speed
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Summary

AMD started AMD A4-1200 sales 23 May 2013. This is Temash architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is
AMD Socket FT3
processor with a TDP of 4 Watt and a maximum temperature of 90 °C. It supports DDR3 memory.

We have no data on A4-1200 benchmark results.

General info


A4-1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rating not rated
Market segment Laptop
Series AMD A-Series
Architecture codename Temash (2013)
Release date 23 May 2013 (9 years ago)
Current price $55 of 15411 (EPYC 7351)

Technical specs


Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores 2 (Dual-core)
Threads 2
Boost clock speed 1 GHz of 5. 8 (Core i9-13900K)
L1 cache 128K (per core) of 1536 (EPYC Embedded 3401)
L2 cache 512K (per core) of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550)
L3 cache 0 KB of 32768 (Ryzen Threadripper 1998)
Chip lithography 32 nm of 5 (Apple M1)
Die size 246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 90 °C of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors 1,178 million of 57000 (Apple M1 Max)
64 bit support +
Windows 11 compatibility

Compatibility


Information on A4-1200 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket FT3
Thermal design power (TDP) 4 Watt of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions


Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A4-1200. You’ll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1066
AES-NI +
AVX +

Virtualization technologies


Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V +

Memory specs


Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A4-1200’s memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types DDR3 of 5200 (Ryzen 5 7600X)

Graphics specifications


General parameters of GPU integrated into A4-1200.

Integrated graphics card AMD Radeon HD 8180

Benchmark performance


Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A4-1200. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


  • Passmark
  • GeekBench 5 Single-Core
  • GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
  • Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
  • Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
  • 3DMark06 CPU
  • Cinebench 11. 5 64-bit multi-core
  • Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
  • Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
  • Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
  • TrueCrypt AES
  • WinRAR 4.0
  • x264 encoding pass 2
  • x264 encoding pass 1
  • Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core
  • Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core
  • Geekbench 2
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: 69%


A4-1200
366

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: 37%


A4-1200
110

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: 37%


A4-1200
190

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%


A4-1200
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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%


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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%


A4-1200
733

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%


A4-1200
0

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core (sometimes called Multi-Thread) is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 14%


A4-1200
31

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: 14%


A4-1200
19

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%


A4-1200
0.2

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%


A4-1200
0

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: 12%


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.  

Benchmark coverage: 12%


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.  

Benchmark coverage: 12%


A4-1200
11

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 6%


A4-1200
986

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 6%


A4-1200
564

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%


A4-1200
1395


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Recommended graphics cards

These graphics cards are most commonly used with A4-1200 according to our statistics.


Radeon HD
8180

40.7%


Radeon R3
Graphics

6.8%


HD
Graphics 4000

6.8%


GeForce GTX
1050 Ti

6.8%


Radeon HD
8210

5.1%


Radeon R3
(Mullins/Beema)

3.4%


Radeon HD
8330

3.4%


Radeon HD
6410D IGP

1. 7%


Radeon Pro
560

1.7%


GeForce GTX
1050

1.7%

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AMD A4-1200 processor review: CPU specs, performance benchmarks

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A4-1200 processor released by AMD; release date: 23 May 2013. The processor is designed for laptop-computers and based on Temash microarchitecture.

CPU is locked to prevent overclocking. Total number of cores — 2, threads — 2. Maximum CPU clock speed — 1 GHz. Manufacturing process technology — 28 nm. Cache size: L1 — 128 KB, L2 — 1024 KB.

Supported memory types: DDR3.

Supported socket types: FT3. Maximum number of processors in a configuration — 1. Power consumption (TDP): 3.9 Watt.

Benchmarks











PassMark
Single thread mark

Top 1 CPU
This CPU


PassMark
CPU mark

Top 1 CPU
This CPU

118142


Geekbench 4
Single Core

Top 1 CPU
This CPU


Geekbench 4
Multi-Core

Top 1 CPU
This CPU


GFXBench 4. 0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 CPU
This CPU

9047 Frames

238 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 CPU
This CPU

7128 Frames

611 Frames

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 CPU
This CPU

12887 Frames

1227 Frames

GFXBench 4. 0
Car Chase Offscreen

Top 1 CPU
This CPU

9047.000 Fps

238.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan

Top 1 CPU
This CPU

7128.000 Fps

611.000 Fps

GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex

Top 1 CPU
This CPU

12887. 000 Fps

1227.000 Fps












Name Value
PassMark — Single thread mark 301
PassMark — CPU mark 366
Geekbench 4 — Single Core 559
Geekbench 4 — Multi-Core 891
GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen 238 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan 611 Frames
GFXBench 4. 0 — T-Rex 1227 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 — Car Chase Offscreen 238.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 — Manhattan 611.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 — T-Rex 1227.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)
























Architecture codename Temash
Launch date 23 May 2013
Place in performance rating 2367
Series AMD A-Series
Vertical segment Laptop
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 90 °C
Maximum frequency 1 GHz
Number of cores 2
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 1178 million

Supported memory types DDR3
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FT3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 3. 9 Watt
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

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AMD A4-1200 Full Specifications — CPUAgent


The AMD A4-1200 is a Laptop processor with 2 cores, launched in 2013. It is part of the A4 lineup, using the Jaguar architecture with Socket FT3. The core-count is effectively doubled, to 2 threads. A4-1200 has 1.00MB of L3 cache and operates at 1 GHz by default, but can boost up to 1 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is building the A4-1200 on a 28 nm production process. AMD’s processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface.

AMD A4-1200 General









Series AMD A-Series
Type Laptop
Architecture Temash
Achitecture codename Temash
Market price $ 114.31
Release date on May 2013
Place in performance rating 1562
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm

AMD A4-1200 Compatibility




Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
PCIe lanes
PCIe version
Socket FT3

AMD A4-1200 Benchmarks














CPU Cores 2
CPU Threads 2
Frequency 1. 00 GHz
Hyperthreading No
L1 cache 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB
L3-Cache 1.00 MB
Maximum frequency 1 GHz
TDP 3.9 W
TDP down
TDP up
Turbo (1 Core) No turbo
Turbo (2 Cores) No turbo

AMD A4-1200 Memory Specifications





ECC No
Memory channels 2
Memory type DDR3L-1066 SO-DIMM
Supported memory types DDR3
Max. Memory

AMD A4-1200 Technical Specs










64 bit support +
Die size 246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 90 °C
Number of cores 2
Number of threads 2
Overclocking Yes
Technology 28nm
Tjunction max.
Transistor count 1178 million

AMD A4-1200 Integrated Graphics





DirectX Version
Execution units
GPU (Turbo) No turbo
GPU frequency 0. 23 GHz
Generation
Integrated graphics AMD Radeon HD 8180 (225 MHz)
Max. displays 2

AMD A4-1200 Technologies and Extensions



AES-NI +
AVX +

AMD A4-1200 Virtualization Technologies



AMD-V +
Virtualization AMD-V

Processor A4-1200 [in 18 benchmarks]

AMD
A4-1200

  • Interface
  • Core frequency
  • Video memory size
  • Memory type
  • Memory frequency
  • Maximum resolution

Description

AMD started AMD A4-1200 sales 23 May 2013. This is Temash architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads and is manufactured using 32nm process technology, the maximum frequency is 1000MHz, the multiplier is locked.

In terms of compatibility, this is a socket processor
AMD Socket FT3
with a TDP of 4W and a maximum temperature of 90°C. It supports DDR3 memory.

We have no test results for the A4-1200.

General

Information about the type (for desktops or laptops) and architecture of the A4-1200, as well as the time when sales began and the cost at that time.

Performance rating 55$ of 15411 (EPYC 7351)

Features

A4-1200 quantitative parameters: number of cores and threads, clock speeds, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. They indirectly speak about the performance of the processor, but for an accurate assessment, you need to consider the results of the tests.

Core 2

Extended instructions 86x SSE (1, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A), 64, AES, DDR3L-1066
AES-Ni +
AVX +

Virtualization technologies

The technologies supported by the A4-1200 that accelerate the performance of virtual machines are listed.

AMD-V +

RAM support

Types, maximum size and number of channels of RAM supported by A4-1200. Higher memory frequency may be supported depending on the motherboard. Ryzen 5 7600X0104

Integrated video — specifications

General parameters of the video card built into the A4-1200.

GPU AMD Radeon HD 8180

Benchmarks

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These are the results of the A4-1200 performance tests in non-gaming benchmarks. The overall score is set from 0 to 100, where 100 corresponds to the fastest processor at the moment.


  • Passmark
  • GeekBench 5 Single-Core
  • GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
  • Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
  • Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
  • 3DMark06 CPU
  • Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
  • Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
  • Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core
  • Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
  • TrueCrypt AES
  • WinRAR 4.0
  • x264 encoding pass 2
  • x264 encoding pass 1
  • Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core
  • Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core
  • Geekbench 2
Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widely used benchmark that consists of 8 different tests, including integer and floating point calculations, extended instruction tests, compression, encryption, and game physics calculations. Also includes a separate single-threaded test.

Benchmark coverage: 69%

A4-1200
366

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application designed as CPU benchmarks that independently recreate certain real-world tasks that can accurately measure performance. This version uses only one processor core.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

A4-1200
110

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application designed as CPU benchmarks that independently recreate certain real world tasks that can be used to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available processor cores.

Benchmark coverage: 37%

A4-1200
190

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is a very outdated ray tracing benchmark for processors developed by the authors of Cinema 4D — Maxon. The Single-Core version uses a single CPU thread to render a futuristic motorcycle model.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A4-1200
706

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 that uses all processor threads. The possible number of threads in this version is limited to 16.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A4-1200
1248

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is an outdated set of benchmarks based on DirectX 9 by Futuremark. Its processor part contains two tests, one of which calculates the pathfinding of game AI, the other emulates game physics using the PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A4-1200
733

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 that uses all processor threads. This version supports a maximum of 64 threads.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

A4-1200
0

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core (sometimes referred to as Multi-Thread) is a variant of Cinebench R15 that uses all of the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A4-1200
31

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (Release 15) is a benchmark created by Maxon, the creator of the popular Cinema 4D 3D modeling package. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench using more modern variants of the Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes referred to as Single-Thread) uses only one CPU thread to render a room full of mirror balls and complexly shaped lights.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A4-1200
19

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old Maxon development benchmark. authors of Cinema 4D. It has been superseded by later versions of Cinebench which use more modern variants of the Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads one CPU thread with ray tracing, rendering a glossy room full of crystal spheres and lights.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A4-1200
0. 2

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a deprecated program that was widely used to encrypt disk partitions on the fly. It contains several built-in benchmarks, one of which is TrueCrypt AES. It measures the speed of data encryption using the AES algorithm. The result of the test is the encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A4-1200
0

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of the popular archiver. It contains an internal speed test using maximum compression by the RAR algorithm on large amounts of randomly generated data. Results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 12%

A4-1200
447

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower MPEG4 x264 video compression benchmark, resulting in a variable bit rate output file. This results in a better quality of the resulting video file, as a higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. The benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.

Benchmark coverage: 12%

A4-1200
3

x264 encoding pass 1

The x264 benchmark uses the MPEG 4 x264 compression method to encode the sample video in HD (720p). Pass 1 is a faster option that produces an output file at a constant bit rate. Its result is measured in frames per second, that is, how many frames of the source video file were encoded in one second on average.

Benchmark coverage: 12%

A4-1200
11

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 6%

A4-1200
986

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 6%

A4-1200
564

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

A4-1200
1395


Other processors

Here we recommend several processors that are more or less similar in performance to the one considered.

Recommended video cards

According to our statistics, these video cards are most often used with the A4-1200:


Radeon HD
8180

40.7%


Radeon R3
Graphics

6.8%


HD
Graphics 4000

6.8%


GeForce GTX
1050 Ti

6.8%


Radeon HD
8210

5.1%


Radeon R3
(Mullins/Beema)

3.4%


Radeon HD
8330

3.4%


Radeon HD
6410D IGP

1.7%


Radeon Pro
560

1.