M3-8100Y vs A4-3320M

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Primary details

Comparing A4-3320M and M3-8100Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Core M3
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Amber Lake (2018−2019)
Release date20 December 2011 (12 years ago)28 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$281

Detailed specifications

A4-3320M and M3-8100Y 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.6 GHz1.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache128 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size228 mm2no data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-3320M and M3-8100Y 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFS1no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-3320M and M3-8100Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480Gno data
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-3320M and M3-8100Y are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-3320M and M3-8100Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data29.861 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 6480GIntel UHD Graphics 615

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-3320M and M3-8100Y.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 0.66 1.98
Recency 20 December 2011 28 August 2018
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 5 Watt

M3-8100Y has 200% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

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