AMD GX-420CA Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-12-18

The AMD GX-420CA has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the AMD G series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FT3 socket and was released in Q2/2013. The AMD GX-420CA scores 258 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 876 points.

CPU lineage
The segment in which we have classified the AMD GX-420CA. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the AMD GX-420CA.
Name:	AMD GX-420CA
Family:	AMD G (38)
CPU group:	AMD G-Series 1st Gen (9)
Architecture:	Temash (Jaguar)
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	1
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD GX-420CA has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD GX-420CA is 2.00 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	4 / 4
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	4x Jaguar

Hyperthreading / SMT:	No
Overclocking:	Yes
Frequency:	2.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	--
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores):	--

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The AMD GX-420CA has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD GX-420CA uses the AMD Radeon HD 8400, which has 128 texture shaders and 2 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	AMD Radeon HD 8400
GPU frequency:	0.60 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	No turbo
Compute units:	2
Shader:	128
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q2/2013

Max. displays:	2
Generation:	5
Direct X:	11.1
Technology:	28 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	2 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	No
h264:	Decode
VP8:	No
VP9:	No

AV1:	No
AVC:	Decode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 16 GB memory in 1 (Single Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR3-1600	12.8 GB/s
Max. Memory:	16 GB
Memory channels:	1 (Single Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	2.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth:	4.0 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 25 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	25 W
TDP (PL2):	--
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	90 °C

Technical details

The AMD GX-420CA is made in 28 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 2.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	28 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	FT3
L2-Cache:	2.00 MB
L3-Cache:	--
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Linux

Virtualization:	AMD-V
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release date:	Q2/2013
Release price:	--
Part Number:	GE420CIAJ44HM
Documents:	Technical data sheet

AMD GX-420CA
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the AMD GX-420CA have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Pentium N3540 4C 4T @ 2.66 GHz	261
	AMD A6-3420M 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	259
	Intel Atom C2550 4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	259
	AMD GX-420CA 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	258
	AMD A4-3300M 2C 2T @ 2.50 GHz	257
	Intel Core2 Duo E6300 2C 2T @ 1.86 GHz	256
	MediaTek Helio X27 10C 10T @ 2.60 GHz	256

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Pentium E6700 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	882
	AMD Athlon II X3 420e 3C 3T @ 2.60 GHz	880
	Intel Pentium 3805U 2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz	878
	AMD GX-420CA 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	876
	Intel Core i5-3339Y 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	874
	Intel Core2 Duo E8500 2C 2T @ 3.16 GHz	873
	AMD Athlon II X2 265 2C 2T @ 3.30 GHz	868

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	Intel Core i3-2377M 2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz	238
	Intel Celeron 900 1C 1T @ 0.80 GHz	237
	AMD Athlon 5350 4C 4T @ 2.05 GHz	236
	AMD GX-420CA 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	230
	MediaTek MT8169A 6C 6T @ 2.00 GHz	229
	Intel Pentium E2180 2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz	227
	Intel Core i3-2365M 2C 4T @ 1.40 GHz	221

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i3-3227U 2C 4T @ 1.90 GHz	697
	Intel Celeron J4005 2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz	687
	AMD GX-424CC 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	685
	AMD GX-420CA 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	682
	Intel Pentium N4200 4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz	682
	Intel Pentium B960 2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz	679
	Intel Celeron 3867U 2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz	674

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Celeron 2955U Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz	160
	Intel Celeron 2980U Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz	160
	Intel Celeron G1820TE Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.00 GHz	160
	AMD GX-420CA AMD Radeon HD 8400 @ 0.60 GHz	154
	AMD GX-222GC AMD Radeon R2E @ 0.60 GHz	154
	AMD GX-220IJ AMD Radeon R2E @ 0.60 GHz	154
	AMD GX-215JJ AMD Radeon R2E @ 0.60 GHz	154

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Phenom II X2 B53 2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz	1802
	Intel Celeron N6210 2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz	1800
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 4C 4T @ 2.33 GHz	1797
	AMD GX-420CA 4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1796
	Intel Core M-5Y70 2C 4T @ 2.00 GHz	1791
	Samsung Exynos 7880 8C 8T @ 1.90 GHz	1785
	Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz	1784

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,042 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

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