A4-1350 vs Pentium D 840

Primary details

Comparing Pentium D 840 and A4-1350 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	2710
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Architecture codename	Smithfield (2005)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	May 2005 (19 years ago)	18 October 2013 (10 years ago)
Current price	$100	$156

Detailed specifications

Pentium D 840 and A4-1350 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	2	4
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1 GHz
L1 cache	28 KB	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	32 nm
Die size	206 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	70 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	169 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No
VID voltage range	1.2V-1.4V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium D 840 and A4-1350 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	2	1
Socket	PLGA775	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	8 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium D 840 and A4-1350. 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, Single-Channel DDR3-1066
AES-NI	-	+
AVX	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
PAE	32 Bit	no data
FSB parity	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Pentium D 840 and A4-1350 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium D 840 and A4-1350 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 D 840 and A4-1350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR1, DDR2, DDR3	DDR3
ECC memory support	-	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon HD 8210

Pros & cons summary

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Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	90 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	130 Watt	8 Watt

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