A8-6410 vs Pentium Silver A1030

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2807	2642
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	2.23	2.85
Designer	Intel	AMD
Manufacturer	no data	GlobalFoundries
Architecture codename	no data	Beema (2014)
Release date	1 July 2020 (5 years ago)	29 April 2014 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Silver A1030 and A8-6410 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	2 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
L2 cache	no data	2048 KB
L3 cache	4 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	107 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 deg C	90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	60 °C
Number of transistors	no data	930 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Silver A1030 and A8-6410 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	FCBGA1090	FT3b
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and A8-6410. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2	MMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
vPro	-	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Smart Response	-	no data
GPIO	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data

Security technologies

Pentium Silver A1030 and A8-6410 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and A8-6410 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 Silver A1030 and A8-6410. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	upto-2400	DDR3L-1866
Maximum memory size	8 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Max video memory	8 GB	no data
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+
Graphics max frequency	700 GHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Silver A1030 and A8-6410 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
MIPI-DSI	+	no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and A8-6410 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution support

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no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Silver A1030 and A8-6410 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 Silver A1030 and A8-6410.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	6	no data
USB revision	2.0/3.0	no data
Total number of SATA ports	2	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	2	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	-	no data
UART	+	no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.79	1.01
Recency	1 July 2020	29 April 2014
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm

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