Intel Mobile Pentium 4 520 vs AMD A4-5100

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking2410not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesMobile Pentium 4
Architecture codenameKabini (2013−2014)Northwood (2001−2004)
Release date2 November 2013 (10 years old)no data
Current price$105 $330

Technical specs

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 supportno data533 MHz
L2 cache2048 KBno data
Chip lithography28 nm90 nm
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

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.

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, AVX, DDR3L-1600no data
AES-NI+no data
FMAFMA4no data
AVX+no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio-no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management-no data
VirusProtect+no data

Virtualization technologies

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

AMD-V1no data
IOMMU 2.0+no data

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+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data

Graphics interfaces

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

DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data

Graphics API support

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

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

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

PCIe version2.0no data

Advantages and disadvantages


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

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