Atom Z2460 vs A4-5100

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Primary details

Comparing A4-5100 and Atom Z2460 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2564not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Power efficiency5.36no data
Architecture codenameKabini (2013−2014)Penwell (2012−2013)
Release date4 November 2013 (11 years ago)1 January 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5100 and Atom Z2460 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads42
Base clock speedno data1.3 GHz
Boost clock speed1.55 GHz1.6 GHz
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm265 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data140 million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-5100 and Atom Z2460 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
SocketFT3FC-MB4617
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt3 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5100 and Atom Z2460. 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, AVXIntel® SSE, Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3
AES-NI+-
FMAFMA4-
AVX+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
PAEno data32 Bit
GPIOno data152

Security technologies

A4-5100 and Atom Z2460 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5100 and Atom Z2460 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5100 and Atom Z2460. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR2
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channels12
Maximum memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8330PowerVR SGX540 (400 MHz)
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-5100 and Atom Z2460 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
DisplayPort+-
HDMI++

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4-5100 and Atom Z2460 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5100 and Atom Z2460.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes8no data
USB revisionno data2.0 OTG
Number of USB portsno data1
UARTno data3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 November 2013 1 January 2012
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 3 Watt

A4-5100 has an age advantage of 1 year, 300% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

Atom Z2460, on the other hand, has 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A4-5100 and Atom Z2460. We've got no test results to judge.


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