Pentium N3520 vs A6 Micro-6500T
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2888 | 2891 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 5.49 | 3.66 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Mullins (2014) | Bay Trail-M (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 29 April 2014 (11 years ago) | 1 December 2013 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $161 |
Detailed specifications
A6 Micro-6500T and Pentium N3520 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.2 GHz | 2.17 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 2.42 GHz |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 224 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) | 2 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 930 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | no data | - |
Compatibility
Information on A6 Micro-6500T and Pentium N3520 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 | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FT3 | FCBGA1170 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 7.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6 Micro-6500T and Pentium N3520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Smart Connect | no data | + |
| RST | no data | - |
Security technologies
A6 Micro-6500T and Pentium N3520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6 Micro-6500T and Pentium N3520 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6 Micro-6500T and Pentium N3520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3L-1333 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Radeon R4 | Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 854 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A6 Micro-6500T and Pentium N3520 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 2 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6 Micro-6500T and Pentium N3520.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 4 |
| USB revision | no data | 3.0 and 2.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 5 |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 29 April 2014 | 1 December 2013 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 5 Watt | 7 Watt |
A6 Micro-6500T has an age advantage of 4 months, and 40% lower power consumption.
Pentium N3520, on the other hand, has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between AMD A6 Micro-6500T and Intel Pentium N3520.
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