i3-7310U vs A6-7310

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Primary details

Comparing A6-7310 and Core i3-7310U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2060not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Core i3
Power efficiency6.40no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo-L (2015)Kaby Lake (2016−2019)
Release date7 May 2015 (9 years ago)4 July 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-7310 and Core i3-7310U 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data27
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache2048 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data3 MB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors930 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A6-7310 and Core i3-7310U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP4no data
Power consumption (TDP)12-25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7310 and Core i3-7310U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VTno data
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4-
AVX++
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7310 and Core i3-7310U are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7310 and Core i3-7310U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1866LPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R4 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 620
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7310 and Core i3-7310U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7310 and Core i3-7310U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7310 and Core i3-7310U.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 May 2015 4 July 2017
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 15 Watt

A6-7310 has 100% more physical cores, and 25% lower power consumption.

i3-7310U, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A6-7310 and Core i3-7310U. We've got no test results to judge.


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