Pentium M 710 vs A8-3500M

Place in the ranking	2561	3357
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Pentium M
Power efficiency	2.38	0.54
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date	14 June 2011 (13 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

A8-3500M and Pentium M 710 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	1
Base clock speed	1.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	400 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Die size	228 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-3500M and Pentium M 710 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	no data
Socket	FS1	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	21 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3500M and Pentium M 710. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3500M and Pentium M 710 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3500M and Pentium M 710. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 6620G (444 MHz)

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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.

A8-3500M 0.88
+633%

Pentium M 710 0.12

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A8-3500M 24.09
+435%

Pentium M 710 129

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.88	0.12
Physical cores	4	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	21 Watt

A8-3500M has a 633.3% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium M 710, on the other hand, has 66.7% lower power consumption.

The A8-3500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 710 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A8-3500M and Pentium M 710, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.