Pentium SU4100 vs A6-3420M
Primary details
Comparing A6-3420M and Pentium SU4100 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 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.21 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Llano (2011−2012) | Penryn (2008−2011) |
| Release date | 20 December 2011 (12 years ago) | 1 September 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A6-3420M and Pentium SU4100 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 | 1.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 228 mm2 | 107 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 410 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A6-3420M and Pentium SU4100 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 | FS1 | BGA956 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-3420M and Pentium SU4100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
Security technologies
A6-3420M and Pentium SU4100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-3420M and Pentium SU4100 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-3420M and Pentium SU4100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 6520G | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 December 2011 | 1 September 2009 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 10 Watt |
A6-3420M has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium SU4100, on the other hand, has 250% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A6-3420M and Pentium SU4100. We've got no test results to judge.
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