Pentium N3710 vs A10-7300

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Aggregate performance score

A10-7300
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 19 Watt
1.10
+25%
Pentium N3710
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
0.88

A10-7300 outperforms Pentium N3710 by a significant 25% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A10-7300 and Pentium N3710 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24142563
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD KaveriIntel Pentium
Power efficiency5.4813.89
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)1 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

A10-7300 and Pentium N3710 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 speed1.9 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.56 GHz
Bus typeno dataIDI
L2 cache4096 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size245 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistors2410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A10-7300 and Pentium N3710 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP3FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-7300 and Pentium N3710. 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, AVX, FMAno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
FRTC+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
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

A10-7300 and Pentium N3710 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-7300 and Pentium N3710 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 A10-7300 and Pentium N3710. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channels22

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon R6 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell) (400 - 700 MHz)
iGPU core count6no data
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data700 MHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-7300 and Pentium N3710 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-7300 and Pentium N3710 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12+
OpenGLno data+
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-7300 and Pentium N3710.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data4
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 data5
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.

A10-7300 1.10
+25%
Pentium N3710 0.88

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.

A10-7300 1742
+25.3%
Pentium N3710 1390

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.

A10-7300 1992
+50.5%
Pentium N3710 1324

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.

A10-7300 5192
+11.6%
Pentium N3710 4653

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.

A10-7300 2518
+1.8%
Pentium N3710 2474

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.

A10-7300 23.8
Pentium N3710 23.26
+2.3%

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.

A10-7300 2
+9.8%
Pentium N3710 2

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

A10-7300 158
+9%
Pentium N3710 145

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.

A10-7300 58
+41.5%
Pentium N3710 41

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.

A10-7300 0.67
+36.7%
Pentium N3710 0.49

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.

A10-7300 1.2
+22.4%
Pentium N3710 1

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.

A10-7300 1510
+50.4%
Pentium N3710 1004

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.  

A10-7300 12
+12%
Pentium N3710 11

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.  

A10-7300 62
+17.4%
Pentium N3710 53

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

A10-7300 3758
+8%
Pentium N3710 3480

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

A10-7300 1565
+53.6%
Pentium N3710 1019

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.10 0.88
Recency 4 June 2014 1 April 2016
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 6 Watt

A10-7300 has a 25% higher aggregate performance score.

Pentium N3710, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 216.7% lower power consumption.

The A10-7300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3710 in performance tests.


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