Pentium Gold 5405U vs A4-7210

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Aggregate performance score

A4-7210
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.04
Pentium Gold 5405U
2019
2 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
1.48
+42.3%

Pentium Gold 5405U outperforms A4-7210 by a considerable 42% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4-7210 and Pentium Gold 5405U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking24442166
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Pentium, Pentium Gold
Power efficiency3.939.33
Architecture codenameCarrizo-L (2015)Whiskey Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date7 May 2015 (9 years ago)23 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

A4-7210 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.8 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cacheno data64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB256 KB (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °C100 °C
Number of transistors930 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A4-7210 and Pentium Gold 5405U 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT3bFCBGA1528
Power consumption (TDP)12-25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-7210 and Pentium Gold 5405U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVX+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+

Security technologies

A4-7210 and Pentium Gold 5405U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-7210 and Pentium Gold 5405U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-7210 and Pentium Gold 5405U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1600DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R3 GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics for 8th Generation Intel Processors
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-7210 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A4-7210 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4-7210 and Pentium Gold 5405U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212
OpenGLno data4.5
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-7210 and Pentium Gold 5405U.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

A4-7210 1.04
Pentium Gold 5405U 1.48
+42.3%

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.

A4-7210 1656
Pentium Gold 5405U 2357
+42.3%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A4-7210 1732
Pentium Gold 5405U 3561
+106%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A4-7210 5593
Pentium Gold 5405U 7886
+41%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A4-7210 2681
Pentium Gold 5405U 3224
+20.3%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A4-7210 26.94
Pentium Gold 5405U 22.53
+19.6%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A4-7210 2
Pentium Gold 5405U 3
+34.4%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

A4-7210 157
Pentium Gold 5405U 233
+48.4%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

A4-7210 46
Pentium Gold 5405U 93
+101%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

A4-7210 0.56
Pentium Gold 5405U 1.06
+89.3%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

A4-7210 1.2
Pentium Gold 5405U 1.4
+12.5%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

A4-7210 1236
Pentium Gold 5405U 1904
+54%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

A4-7210 11
Pentium Gold 5405U 16
+43.1%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

A4-7210 51
Pentium Gold 5405U 82
+60.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.04 1.48
Recency 7 May 2015 23 January 2019
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

A4-7210 has 100% more physical cores, and 25% lower power consumption.

Pentium Gold 5405U, on the other hand, has a 42.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium Gold 5405U is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-7210 in performance tests.


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