Intel Pentium 2117U vs AMD A6-7000

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Combined performance score

A6-7000
0.66

General info

Comparing A6-7000 and Pentium 2117U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking25982590
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD KaveriIntel Pentium
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release date1 June 2014 (9 years old)1 September 2012 (11 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134
Current price$450 $360 (2.7x MSRP)

Technical specs

A6-7000 and Pentium 2117U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.2 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.8 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache1024 KB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data118 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A6-7000 and Pentium 2117U 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
SocketFT3FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7000 and Pentium 2117U. 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, FMA, DDR3-1600 ControllerIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI+-
FMA+no data
AVX+no data
FRTC1no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio+no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management+no data
VirusProtect+no data
HSA1no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

A6-7000 and Pentium 2117U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7000 and Pentium 2117U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7000 and Pentium 2117U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R4 GraphicsIntel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors
iGPU core count3no data
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7000 and Pentium 2117U integrated GPUs.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7000 and Pentium 2117U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7000 and Pentium 2117U.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

A6-7000 0.66
Pentium 2117U 0.66

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%

A6-7000 1010
Pentium 2117U 1018
+0.8%

Pentium 2117U outperforms A6-7000 by 1% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 June 2014 1 September 2012
Chip lithography 28 nm 22 nm

We couldn't decide between A6-7000 and Pentium 2117U. The differences in performance seem too small.


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