Pentium U5400 vs A4-5000

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Aggregate performance score

A4-5000
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
0.81
+131%
Pentium U5400
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 18 Watt
0.35

A4-5000 outperforms Pentium U5400 by a whopping 131% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4-5000 and Pentium U5400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26073065
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Pentium
Power efficiency5.111.84
Architecture codenameKabini (2013−2014)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)25 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5000 and Pentium U5400 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 speedno data1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz0.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rateno data1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data9
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache2048 KB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography28 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm281+114 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million382 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-5000 and Pentium U5400 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)
SocketFT3BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5000 and Pentium U5400. 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, AVXno data
AES-NI+-
FMAFMA4+
AVX+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

A4-5000 and Pentium U5400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5000 and Pentium U5400 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5000 and Pentium U5400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data12.799 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 8330Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Videono data+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data500 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-5000 and Pentium U5400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4-5000 and Pentium U5400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5000 and Pentium U5400.

PCIe version2.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

A4-5000 0.81
+131%
Pentium U5400 0.35

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.

A4-5000 1292
+134%
Pentium U5400 552

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.

A4-5000 1207
Pentium U5400 1286
+6.5%

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.

A4-5000 4165
+60.3%
Pentium U5400 2599

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.

A4-5000 2039
+81%
Pentium U5400 1126

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.

A4-5000 38.2
+45.9%
Pentium U5400 55.75

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A4-5000 1
+89.7%
Pentium U5400 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.81 0.35
Integrated graphics card 0.69 0.77
Recency 23 May 2013 25 May 2010
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 18 Watt

A4-5000 has a 131.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.

Pentium U5400, on the other hand, has 11.6% faster integrated GPU.

The A4-5000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium U5400 in performance tests.


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