Pentium N4200 vs A4 Micro-6400T

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Aggregate performance score

A4 Micro-6400T
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 4 Watt
0.68
Pentium N4200
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.36
+100%

Pentium N4200 outperforms A4 Micro-6400T by a whopping 100% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4 Micro-6400T and Pentium N4200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27392246
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Pentium
Power efficiency14.2921.44
Architecture codenameMullins (2014)Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date29 April 2014 (10 years ago)1 September 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

A4 Micro-6400T and Pentium N4200 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz2.5 GHz
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4 Micro-6400T and Pentium N4200 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 configurationno data1
SocketFT3bFCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)4.5 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4 Micro-6400T and Pentium N4200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVXno data
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVX+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

A4 Micro-6400T and Pentium N4200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4 Micro-6400T and Pentium N4200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
VT-ino data-
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4 Micro-6400T and Pentium N4200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1333DDR3, DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channels12

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R3 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 505
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4 Micro-6400T and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4 Micro-6400T and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12+
OpenGLno data+
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4 Micro-6400T and Pentium N4200.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.

A4 Micro-6400T 0.68
Pentium N4200 1.36
+100%

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.

A4 Micro-6400T 1082
Pentium N4200 2165
+100%

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.

A4 Micro-6400T 1251
Pentium N4200 1653
+32.1%

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.

A4 Micro-6400T 3380
Pentium N4200 5217
+54.3%

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.

A4 Micro-6400T 1664
Pentium N4200 2636
+58.4%

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.

A4 Micro-6400T 46.27
Pentium N4200 22.58
+105%

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.

A4 Micro-6400T 1
Pentium N4200 2
+80.2%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

A4 Micro-6400T 95
Pentium N4200 163
+71.6%

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.

A4 Micro-6400T 34
Pentium N4200 52
+52.9%

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.

A4 Micro-6400T 0.41
Pentium N4200 0.65
+58.5%

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.

A4 Micro-6400T 0.7
Pentium N4200 1.4
+94.4%

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.

A4 Micro-6400T 820
Pentium N4200 944
+15.1%

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.  

A4 Micro-6400T 7
Pentium N4200 12
+74.2%

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.  

A4 Micro-6400T 34
Pentium N4200 60
+79.1%

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

A4 Micro-6400T 2239
Pentium N4200 4595
+105%

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

A4 Micro-6400T 882
Pentium N4200 1396
+58.2%

Geekbench 2

A4 Micro-6400T 2676
Pentium N4200 3954
+47.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.68 1.36
Recency 29 April 2014 1 September 2016
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 4 Watt 6 Watt

A4 Micro-6400T has 50% lower power consumption.

Pentium N4200, on the other hand, has a 100% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium N4200 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4 Micro-6400T in performance tests.


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