Z-60 vs A4-4300M
Aggregate performance score
A4-4300M outperforms Z-60 by a whopping 294% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing A4-4300M and Z-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2782 | 3285 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.70 | 3.03 |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | Hondo (2012) |
| Release date | 15 May 2012 (12 years ago) | 9 October 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A4-4300M and Z-60 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 2.5 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3 GHz | 1 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (shared) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 75 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A4-4300M and Z-60 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 | 1 |
| Socket | FS1r2 | FT1 BGA 413-Ball |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-4300M and Z-60. 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, FMA | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-4300M and Z-60 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-4300M and Z-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | unknown | DDR3 Single-channel |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon HD 7420G (480 - 655 MHz) | AMD Radeon HD 6250 (276 MHz) |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Geekbench 2
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.63 | 0.16 |
| Integrated graphics card | 0.80 | 0.24 |
| Recency | 15 May 2012 | 9 October 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 5 Watt |
A4-4300M has a 293.8% higher aggregate performance score, 233.3% faster integrated GPU, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.
Z-60, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 600% lower power consumption.
The A4-4300M is our recommended choice as it beats the Z-60 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between A4-4300M and Z-60, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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