3015e vs A8-3820

Primary details

Comparing A8-3820 and 3015e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2124	1938
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.07	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000 APU)
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Pollock (Zen)
Release date	20 December 2011 (12 years ago)	4 August 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$32	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A8-3820 and 3015e 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	4
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.3 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	4 MB
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Die size	228 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A8-3820 and 3015e 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	FM1	FT5
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3820 and 3015e. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR4-1600 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	no data	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3820 and 3015e are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3820 and 3015e. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon HD 6550D

AMD Radeon RX Vega 3

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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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.

3015e outperforms A8-3820 by 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.41	1.75
Integrated graphics card	1.04	2.98
Recency	20 December 2011	4 August 2020
Physical cores	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	6 Watt

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