A6-5357M vs A4-5000

Place in performance ranking	2525	2606
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD A-Series
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5000 and A6-5357M 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	no data	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	71 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A4-5000 and A6-5357M 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	FT3	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5000 and A6-5357M. 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	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5000 and A6-5357M are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5000 and A6-5357M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 8330

AMD Radeon HD 8450G

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.

A4-5000 0.84
+12%

A6-5357M 0.75

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.

A4-5000 1296
+11.2%

A6-5357M 1165

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.84	0.75
Integrated graphics card	0.67	0.90
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	35 Watt

A4-5000 has a 12% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

A6-5357M, on the other hand, has 34.3% faster integrated GPU.

The A4-5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-5357M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A4-5000 and A6-5357M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.