Opteron 142 vs A10-4600M

Place in the ranking	2336	3143
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Power efficiency	3.30	0.30
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	SledgeHammer (2003−2005)
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	September 2003 (21 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-4600M and Opteron 142 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	1
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.6 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	130 nm
Die size	246 mm²	193 mm²
Number of transistors	1,178 million	106 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A10-4600M and Opteron 142 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	FS1r2	940
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-4600M and Opteron 142. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-4600M and Opteron 142 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-4600M and Opteron 142. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7660G (497 - 686 MHz)

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.

A10-4600M 1.22
+352%

Opteron 142 0.27

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.

A10-4600M 1938
+353%

Opteron 142 428

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.22	0.27
Physical cores	4	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	85 Watt

A10-4600M has a 351.9% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 306.3% more advanced lithography process, and 142.9% lower power consumption.

The A10-4600M is our recommended choice as it beats the Opteron 142 in performance tests.

Be aware that A10-4600M is a notebook processor while Opteron 142 is a server/workstation one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A10-4600M and Opteron 142, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.