AMD A4-5150M vs A8-3520M

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General info

Comparing A8-3520M and A4-5150M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2368not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD A-Series
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Richland (2013−2014)
Release date20 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.6 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz3.3 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size228 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data105 °C
Number of transistors1,178 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

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 configuration11
SocketFS1FS1r2
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 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 extensions3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G, DDR3(L)-1333 Memory Controller32 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 typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 6620GAMD 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 1448
+89.3%
A4-5150M 765

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%

A8-3520M 1757
A4-5150M 2446
+39.2%

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 5676
+58.1%
A4-5150M 3589

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 2483
+32%
A4-5150M 1881

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%

A8-3520M 22.43
+91.7%
A4-5150M 43

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 2
+70.3%
A4-5150M 1

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%

A8-3520M 0.51
A4-5150M 0.7
+37.3%

A4-5150M outperforms A8-3520M by 37% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

A8-3520M 3501
+3.9%
A4-5150M 3370

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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