Pentium Dual T3200 vs A6-3420M

Primary details

Comparing A6-3420M and Pentium Dual Core T3200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2586	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency	2.20	no data
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	20 December 2011 (12 years ago)	1 October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-3420M and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	667 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	228 mm2	143 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	291 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-3420M and Pentium Dual Core T3200 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	no data
Socket	FS1	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-3420M and Pentium Dual Core T3200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-3420M and Pentium Dual Core T3200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-3420M and Pentium Dual Core T3200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 6520G

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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	20 December 2011	1 October 2008
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm

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