Pentium D 840 vs A10-4600M

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Primary details

Comparing A10-4600M and Pentium D 840 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2313not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Power efficiency3.31no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Smithfield (2005)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-4600M and Pentium D 840 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.3 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache192 KB28 KB
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm90 nm
Die size246 mm2206 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data70 °C
Number of transistors1,178 million169 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.2V-1.4V

Compatibility

Information on A10-4600M and Pentium D 840 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 configuration12
SocketFS1r2PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt130 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-4600M and Pentium D 840. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAno data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data32 Bit
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

A10-4600M and Pentium D 840 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-4600M and Pentium D 840 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-4600M and Pentium D 840. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7660Gno data

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 130 Watt

A10-4600M has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 271.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A10-4600M and Pentium D 840. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A10-4600M is a notebook processor while Pentium D 840 is a desktop one.


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