Pentium M 725 vs A8-7100

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Primary details

Comparing A8-7100 and Pentium M 725 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2328not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD KaveriPentium M
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)June 2004 (20 years ago)
Current price$422 $23

Detailed specifications

A8-7100 and Pentium M 725 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed1.8 GHz1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus supportno data400 MHz
L1 cacheno data32 KB
L2 cache4096 KB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm90 nm
Die size245 mm284 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors2410 Million140 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data0.988V-1.34V

Compatibility

Information on A8-7100 and Pentium M 725 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 configurationno data1
SocketFP3PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt7.5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-7100 and Pentium M 725. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controllerno data
AES-NI+no data
FMA+no data
AVX+no data
FRTC1no data
PowerTune-no data
TrueAudio+no data
PowerNow+no data
PowerGating+no data
Out-of-band client management+no data
VirusProtect+no data
HSA1no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

A8-7100 and Pentium M 725 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-7100 and Pentium M 725 are enumerated here.

AMD-V1no data
VT-xno data-
IOMMU 2.0+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-7100 and Pentium M 725. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1600no data
Max memory channels2no data
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count4no data
Enduro+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
UVD+no data
VCE+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-7100 and Pentium M 725 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-7100 and Pentium M 725 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan1no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-7100 and Pentium M 725.

PCIe version3.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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%

A8-7100 1379
Pentium M 725 1400
+1.5%

Pentium M 725 outperforms A8-7100 by 2% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-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%

A8-7100 2225
+225%
Pentium M 725 684

A8-7100 outperforms Pentium M 725 by 225% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 28 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 7 Watt

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