A4-5300 vs Athlon 5150

Place in performance ranking	2411	2418
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.05	0.06
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	AMD A-Series (Desktop)
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)	2 October 2012 (11 years ago)
Current price	$108	$49

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

A4-5300 has 20% better value for money than Athlon 5150.

Detailed Specifications

Athlon 5150 and A4-5300 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	no data	3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	107 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	70 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 5150 and A4-5300 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	AM1	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 5150 and A4-5300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	DDR3-1600 RAM, PCIe 2, MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	+
AVX	+	+
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
PowerNow	+	no data
PowerGating	+	no data
Out-of-band client management	-	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data
RAID	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 5150 and A4-5300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 5150 and A4-5300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1600	DDR3
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 7480D
Number of pipelines	128	no data
Enduro	+	no data
Switchable graphics	1	no data
UVD	+	no data
VCE	+	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 5150 and A4-5300 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 5150 and A4-5300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	1	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 5150 and A4-5300.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	no 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.

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.

Athlon 5150 0.90
+2.3%

A4-5300 0.88

Athlon 5150 outperforms A4-5300 by 2% 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%

Athlon 5150 1388
+1.8%

A4-5300 1364

Athlon 5150 outperforms A4-5300 by 2% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon 5150 173

A4-5300 354
+105%

A4-5300 outperforms Athlon 5150 by 105% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Athlon 5150 464

A4-5300 499
+7.5%

A4-5300 outperforms Athlon 5150 by 8% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	0.90	0.88
Integrated graphics card		0.72
Recency	9 April 2014	2 October 2012
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt