AMD A4-5150M vs A8-3520M
General info
Comparing A8-3520M and A4-5150M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2368 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | AMD A-Series | AMD A-Series |
Architecture codename | Llano (2011−2012) | Richland (2013−2014) |
Release date | 20 December 2011 (12 years old) | 12 March 2013 (11 years old) |
Current price | $134 | $50 |
Technical specs
A8-3520M and A4-5150M 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Base clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 128K (per core) |
L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 32 nm |
Die size | 228 mm2 | 246 mm2 |
Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 105 °C |
Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 1,178 million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on A8-3520M and A4-5150M 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 | FS1 | FS1r2 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3520M and A4-5150M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | 3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G, DDR3(L)-1333 Memory Controller | 32 nm, 0.925- |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3520M and A4-5150M are enumerated here.
AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3520M and A4-5150M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card Compare | AMD Radeon HD 6620G | AMD Radeon HD 8350G |
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
A8-3520M outperforms A4-5150M by 89% in Passmark.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
A4-5150M outperforms A8-3520M by 39% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
A8-3520M outperforms A4-5150M by 58% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
A8-3520M outperforms A4-5150M by 32% in 3DMark06 CPU.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
A4-5150M outperforms A8-3520M by 92% in wPrime 32.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
A8-3520M outperforms A4-5150M by 70% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core
Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
A4-5150M outperforms A8-3520M by 37% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.
Geekbench 2
Benchmark coverage: 5%
A8-3520M outperforms A4-5150M by 4% in Geekbench 2.
Advantages and disadvantages
Integrated graphics card | 0.88 | 0.78 |
Recency | 20 December 2011 | 12 March 2013 |
Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
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