A4-5100: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
A4-5100 provides poor benchmark performance at 0.85% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.
Summary
AMD started A4-5100 sales 4 November 2013. This is a Kabini architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 28nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 1550 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is FT3 processor with a TDP of 15 Watt and a maximum temperature of 90 °C. It supports DDR3 memory.
Primary details
A4-5100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | 2564 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | AMD A-Series | |
| Power efficiency | 5.36 | of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U) |
| Architecture codename | Kabini (2013−2014) | |
| Release date | 4 November 2013 (11 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Boost clock speed | 1.55 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 90 °C | of 105 °C (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on A4-5100 compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Opteron 842) |
| Socket | FT3 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A4-5100. 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 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| FMA | FMA4 | |
| AVX | + | |
| PowerNow | + | |
| PowerGating | + | |
| VirusProtect | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + | |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A4-5100's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
| Max memory channels | 1 | of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into A4-5100.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8330 | |
| Enduro | + | |
| Switchable graphics | + | |
| UVD | + | |
| VCE | + |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A4-5100's integrated GPU.
| DisplayPort | + | |
| HDMI | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A4-5100's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | |
| Vulkan | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 2.0 | of 5.0 (Core i9-12900K) |
| PCI Express lanes | 8 | of 128 (EPYC 7551P) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A4-5100. Overall benchmark performance 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.
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.
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Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to A4-5100 is Pentium 3560M, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.
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Recommended GPUs
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