Pentium N3710 vs A6-6310

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Aggregated performance score

A6-6310
2014
4 cores / 4 threads
1.08
+20%

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 20% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A6-6310 and Pentium N3710 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking22912417
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Pentium
Architecture codenameBeema (2014)Braswell (2015−2016)
Release date29 April 2014 (10 years ago)1 April 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161
Current price$302 $378 (2.3x MSRP)

Detailed specifications

A6-6310 and Pentium N3710 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.8 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.56 GHz
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistors930 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A6-6310 and Pentium N3710 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
SocketFT3bFCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-6310 and Pentium N3710. 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, Single-Channel DDR3L-1866no data
AES-NI++
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
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
SIPPno data-
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
Statusno dataLaunched
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

A6-6310 and Pentium N3710 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data+
OS Guardno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-6310 and Pentium N3710 are enumerated here.

AMD-V1no data
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
VT-ino data-
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-6310 and Pentium N3710. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1865DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channels12
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R4 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 405
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Videono data+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data
Graphics max frequencyno data700 MHz
Execution Unitsno data16

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-6310 and Pentium N3710 integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-6310 and Pentium N3710 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12+
OpenGLno data+
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-6310 and Pentium N3710.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data4
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data5
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno data+

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.

A6-6310 1.08
+20%
Pentium N3710 0.90

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 20% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A6-6310 1670
+20.6%
Pentium N3710 1385

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 21% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A6-6310 1829
+38.2%
Pentium N3710 1324

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 38% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A6-6310 5612
+20.6%
Pentium N3710 4653

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 21% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A6-6310 2730
+10.4%
Pentium N3710 2474

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 10% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A6-6310 26.64
Pentium N3710 23.26
+14.5%

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 15% in wPrime 32.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

A6-6310 2
+18.3%
Pentium N3710 2

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 18% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A6-6310 157
+8.3%
Pentium N3710 145

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 8% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

A6-6310 47
+14.6%
Pentium N3710 41

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 15% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A6-6310 0.57
+16.3%
Pentium N3710 0.49

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 16% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A6-6310 1.2
+22.4%
Pentium N3710 1

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 22% in TrueCrypt AES.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A6-6310 1247
+24.2%
Pentium N3710 1004

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 24% in WinRAR 4.0.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A6-6310 52
Pentium N3710 53
+1.1%

Pentium N3710 outperforms A6-6310 by 1% in x264 encoding pass 1.

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.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A6-6310 11
+4.2%
Pentium N3710 11

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 4% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

A6-6310 1233
+21%
Pentium N3710 1019

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 21% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

A6-6310 3549
+2%
Pentium N3710 3480

A6-6310 outperforms Pentium N3710 by 2% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.08 0.90
Integrated graphics card 0.72
Recency 29 April 2014 1 April 2016
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt

The A6-6310 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N3710 in performance tests.


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