Atom x5-E3940 vs A4-5100

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Aggregate performance score

A4-5100
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
0.85
Atom x5-E3940
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
1.23
+44.7%

Atom x5-E3940 outperforms A4-5100 by a considerable 45% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4-5100 and Atom x5-E3940 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25642309
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency5.3611.64
Architecture codenameKabini (2013−2014)Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date4 November 2013 (11 years ago)30 August 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5100 and Atom x5-E3940 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 speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed1.55 GHz1.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data56K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB (shared)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °C103 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-5100 and Atom x5-E3940 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT3Intel BGA 1296
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5100 and Atom x5-E3940. 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+

Security technologies

A4-5100 and Atom x5-E3940 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5100 and Atom x5-E3940 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5100 and Atom x5-E3940. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-1866
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channels1no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 8330Intel HD Graphics 500
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-5100 and Atom x5-E3940 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4-5100 and Atom x5-E3940 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5100 and Atom x5-E3940.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanes84

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.

A4-5100 0.85
Atom x5-E3940 1.23
+44.7%

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.

A4-5100 1346
Atom x5-E3940 1953
+45.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.85 1.23
Integrated graphics card 0.69 0.77
Recency 4 November 2013 30 August 2014
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 10 Watt

Atom x5-E3940 has a 44.7% higher aggregate performance score, 11.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 9 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Atom x5-E3940 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-5100 in performance tests.


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