E-300 vs A4-5100

Primary details

Comparing A4-5100 and E-300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2559	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD E-Series
Power efficiency	5.35	no data
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Zacate (2011−2013)
Release date	4 November 2013 (11 years ago)	22 August 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5100 and E-300 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
Boost clock speed	1.55 GHz	1.3 GHz
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Die size	107 mm2	75 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A4-5100 and E-300 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	FT1
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5100 and E-300. 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	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SVM
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5100 and E-300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5100 and E-300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 8330	AMD Radeon HD 6310
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-5100 and E-300 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4-5100 and E-300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5100 and E-300.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	8	no 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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 November 2013	22 August 2011
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	18 Watt

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