i5-2490M vs A6-7000

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3026	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Kaveri	Intel Core i5
Power efficiency	1.42	no data
Designer	AMD	Intel
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	1 June 2014 (11 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

A6-7000 and Core i5-2490M 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	27
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	3 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	149 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	624 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-7000 and Core i5-2490M 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FT3	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7000 and Core i5-2490M. 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, FMA	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
HSA	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7000 and Core i5-2490M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7000 and Core i5-2490M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-1333
Maximum memory size	no data	16 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare HD Graphics 3000 and R4 Graphics	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 3000
iGPU core count	3	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7000 and Core i5-2490M integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7000 and Core i5-2490M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7000 and Core i5-2490M.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt

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