Pentium Dual T4400 vs A10-4600M

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Aggregate performance score

A10-4600M
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
1.22
+50.6%
Pentium Dual Core T4400
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.81

A10-4600M outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4400 by an impressive 51% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A10-4600M and Pentium Dual Core T4400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking23362609
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency3.302.19
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)1 December 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-4600M and Pentium Dual Core T4400 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 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cache192 KB128 KB
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size246 mm2107 mm2
Number of transistors1,178 million410 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A10-4600M and Pentium Dual Core T4400 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 configuration11
SocketFS1r2P
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-4600M and Pentium Dual Core T4400. 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+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-4600M and Pentium Dual Core T4400 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-4600M and Pentium Dual Core T4400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7660G (497 - 686 MHz)On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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
+50.6%
Pentium Dual T4400 0.81

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
+50.9%
Pentium Dual T4400 1284

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A10-4600M 2078
Pentium Dual T4400 2231
+7.4%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A10-4600M 5696
+35.6%
Pentium Dual T4400 4200

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A10-4600M 2866
+51.1%
Pentium Dual T4400 1897

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A10-4600M 26.49
+44.2%
Pentium Dual T4400 38.2

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.22 0.81
Recency 15 May 2012 1 December 2009
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm

A10-4600M has a 50.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The A10-4600M is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T4400 in performance tests.


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