E1-2100 vs A4-5100

Primary details

Comparing A4-5100 and E1-2100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2559	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD E-Series
Power efficiency	5.35	no data
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	4 November 2013 (11 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5100 and E1-2100 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Boost clock speed	1.55 GHz	1 GHz
L2 cache	2048 KB	1024 KB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	28 nm
Die size	107 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A4-5100 and E1-2100 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FT3	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5100 and E1-2100. 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	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, BMI1, ABM, SVM, AES-NI
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	FMA4	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	+
VirusProtect	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5100 and E1-2100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5100 and E1-2100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Max memory channels	1	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 8330	AMD Radeon HD 8210
Enduro	+	+
Switchable graphics	+	+
UVD	+	+
VCE	+	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-5100 and E1-2100 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4-5100 and E1-2100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5100 and E1-2100.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	8	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 November 2013	23 May 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	9 Watt

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