Celeron 1020E vs A8-3520M

Place in performance ranking	2385	2403
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Celeron
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Ivy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release date	20 December 2011 (12 years ago)	20 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	$134	$27

Technical specs

A8-3520M and Celeron 1020E 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	2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Die size	228 mm²	118 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A8-3520M and Celeron 1020E 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	G2 (988B)
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3520M and Celeron 1020E. 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	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	no data	+

Security technologies

A8-3520M and Celeron 1020E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3520M and Celeron 1020E are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3520M and Celeron 1020E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 6620G

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

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.

A8-3520M 0.94
+3.3%

Celeron 1020E 0.91

A8-3520M outperforms Celeron 1020E by 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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
+3%

Celeron 1020E 1406

A8-3520M outperforms Celeron 1020E by 3% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	0.94	0.91
Integrated graphics card	0.88	0.62
Recency	20 December 2011	20 January 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm