A4-5100 vs Pentium 4405U

Place in the ranking	2262	2579
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	8.39	5.36
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)	4 November 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$161	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4405U and A4-5100 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	1.55 GHz
Bus type	OPI	no data
Bus rate	4 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	512 KB	2048 KB
L3 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	98.57 mm²	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	1750 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4405U and A4-5100 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FCBGA1356	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4405U and A4-5100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
My WiFi	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	+	no data
Smart Response	+	no data

Security technologies

Pentium 4405U and A4-5100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	-
SGX	Yes with Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4405U and A4-5100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4405U and A4-5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3, DDR4	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.134 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel HD Graphics 510	AMD Radeon HD 8330
Max video memory	32 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Clear Video	+	no data
Clear Video HD	+	no data
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+
Graphics max frequency	950 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 4405U and A4-5100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
DVI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 4405U and A4-5100 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support	+	no data
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	4096x2304@24Hz	no data
Max resolution over eDP	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	4096x2304@60Hz	no data
Max resolution over VGA	N/A	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 4405U and A4-5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	12	DirectX® 12
OpenGL	4.4	no data
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4405U and A4-5100.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	10	8

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.

Pentium 4405U 1.33
+56.5%

A4-5100 0.85

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.

Pentium 4405U 2107
+56.5%

A4-5100 1346

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.33	0.85
Integrated graphics card	1.61	0.69
Recency	1 September 2015	4 November 2013
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm

Pentium 4405U has a 56.5% higher aggregate performance score, 133.3% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

A4-5100, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores.

The Pentium 4405U is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-5100 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 4405U and A4-5100, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.