Pentium Dual T2310 vs A8-3500M

Primary details

Comparing A8-3500M and Pentium Dual Core T2310 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2540not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesPentium Dual Core
Power efficiency2.37no data
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date14 June 2011 (13 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-3500M and Pentium Dual Core T2310 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.46 GHz
Bus rateno data533 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)no data
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size228 mm2no data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-3500M and Pentium Dual Core T2310 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 configuration1no data
SocketFS1no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3500M and Pentium Dual Core T2310. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620Gno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3500M and Pentium Dual Core T2310 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3500M and Pentium Dual Core T2310. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6620Gno 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.



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.

A8-3500M 1400
+164%
Pentium Dual T2310 531

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.

A8-3500M 2256
+93.1%
Pentium Dual T2310 1168

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm

A8-3500M has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

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