A6-5357M vs Pentium A1020

Primary details

Comparing Pentium A1020 and A6-5357M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2483	2538
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Architecture codename	no data	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	1 January 2016 (8 years ago)	1 June 2013 (10 years ago)
Current price	no data	$49

Detailed specifications

Pentium A1020 and A6-5357M 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	2.41 GHz	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	3.5 GHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	no data	512K (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Pentium A1020 and A6-5357M 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	FCBGA1170	FP2
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium A1020 and A6-5357M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controller
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium A1020 and A6-5357M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium A1020 and A6-5357M are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium A1020 and A6-5357M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1333	DDR3
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.3 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 Series	AMD Radeon HD 8450G
Quick Sync Video	+	no data
Graphics max frequency	896 MHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium A1020 and A6-5357M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium A1020 and A6-5357M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

11.2

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium A1020 and A6-5357M.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	no data
USB revision	3.0 and 2.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	5	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.

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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.

Pentium A1020 outperforms A6-5357M by 8% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.81	0.75
Recency	1 January 2016	1 June 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt

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