Mobile Pentium 4 520 vs A4-5100

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Primary details

Comparing A4-5100 and Mobile Pentium 4 520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2562not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesMobile Pentium 4
Power efficiency5.34no data
Architecture codenameKabini (2013−2014)Northwood (2002−2004)
Release date4 November 2013 (11 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5100 and Mobile Pentium 4 520 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Boost clock speed1.55 GHz2.8 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L2 cache2048 KBno data
Chip lithography28 nm90 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-5100 and Mobile Pentium 4 520 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 configuration1no data
SocketFT3no data
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt91 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5100 and Mobile Pentium 4 520. 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+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5100 and Mobile Pentium 4 520 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5100 and Mobile Pentium 4 520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data
Max memory channels1no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8330no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-5100 and Mobile Pentium 4 520 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4-5100 and Mobile Pentium 4 520 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5100 and Mobile Pentium 4 520.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes8no data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 91 Watt

A4-5100 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 506.7% lower power consumption.

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