M3-8100Y vs A6-7000

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Primary details

Comparing A6-7000 and M3-8100Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2753not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD KaveriIntel Core M3
Power efficiency3.54no data
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Amber Lake (2018−2019)
Release date1 June 2014 (10 years ago)28 August 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$281

Detailed specifications

A6-7000 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 speed2.2 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz1.1 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rateno data4 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1024 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data4 MB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A6-7000 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT3no data
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt5 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7000 and M3-8100Y. 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, AVX, FMAno data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7000 and M3-8100Y 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 A6-7000 and M3-8100Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3L-1600
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channels22
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 R4 GraphicsIntel UHD Graphics 615
iGPU core count3no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7000 and M3-8100Y integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7000 and M3-8100Y integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7000 and M3-8100Y.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data10

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2014 28 August 2018
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 5 Watt

M3-8100Y has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 240% lower power consumption.

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