A4-1250 vs Pentium Dual T4200

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4200 and A4-1250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2681not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreAMD A-Series
Power efficiency1.95no data
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Temash (2013)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4200 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
Boost clock speed2 GHz1 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistors410 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4200 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
SocketPFT3
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt8 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4200 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
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
AMT+no data

Security technologies

Pentium Dual Core T4200 and A4-1250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4200 and A4-1250 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4200 and A4-1250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)AMD 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.

Pentium Dual T4200 1149
+183%
A4-1250 406

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.

Pentium Dual T4200 2013
+204%
A4-1250 663

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.

Pentium Dual T4200 3801
+202%
A4-1250 1258

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.

Pentium Dual T4200 1636
+121%
A4-1250 741

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.

Pentium Dual T4200 39.27
+183%
A4-1250 111.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 23 May 2013
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 8 Watt

A4-1250 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 337.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T4200 and A4-1250. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T4200 and A4-1250, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200
Pentium Dual Core T4200
AMD A4-1250
A4-1250

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.6 126 votes

Rate Pentium Dual Core T4200 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
2.4 26 votes

Rate A4-1250 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Pentium Dual Core T4200 or A4-1250, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.