Pentium 3550M vs A6-6310

Primary details

Comparing A6-6310 and Pentium 3550M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2389	2539
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Pentium
Architecture codename	Beema (2014)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	29 April 2014 (10 years ago)	1 September 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$134

Detailed specifications

A6-6310 and Pentium 3550M 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	1.8 GHz	2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Die size	107 mm2	118 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	930 Million	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-6310 and Pentium 3550M 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	no data	1
Socket	FT3b	FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-6310 and Pentium 3550M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Status	no data	Discontinued

Security technologies

A6-6310 and Pentium 3550M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-6310 and Pentium 3550M are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	+
EPT	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-6310 and Pentium 3550M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1865	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-6310 and Pentium 3550M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
VGA	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-6310 and Pentium 3550M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-6310 and Pentium 3550M.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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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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.

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.09	0.86
Recency	29 April 2014	1 September 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	37 Watt

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