E1-7010 vs A8-3520M

Primary details

Comparing A8-3520M and E1-7010 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2521	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD E-Series
Power efficiency	2.46	no data
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Carrizo-L (2015)
Release date	20 December 2011 (12 years ago)	7 May 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-3520M and E1-7010 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	no data
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	1.5 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1024 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	228 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	930 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-3520M and E1-7010 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	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3520M and E1-7010. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G	MMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3520M and E1-7010 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3520M and E1-7010. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3L-1333
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 6620G	AMD Radeon R2 Graphics
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-3520M and E1-7010 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-3520M and E1-7010 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-3520M and E1-7010.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	20 December 2011	7 May 2015
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

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