Celeron B820 vs A6-7310

Place in the ranking	2060	2889
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Celeron
Power efficiency	6.39	1.35
Architecture codename	Carrizo-L (2015)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	7 May 2015 (9 years ago)	1 July 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$86

Detailed specifications

A6-7310 and Celeron B820 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
Base clock speed	2 GHz	1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.7 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 2.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplier	no data	17
L1 cache	no data	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	256K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	no data	131 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	930 Million	504 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-7310 and Celeron B820 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	no data	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FP4	FCPGA988,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)	12-25 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7310 and Celeron B820. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	+
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
My WiFi	no data	-
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

A6-7310 and Celeron B820 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7310 and Celeron B820 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7310 and Celeron B820. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1866	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	16 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.05 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7310 and Celeron B820 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	2
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
SDVO	no data	+
CRT	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7310 and Celeron B820 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7310 and Celeron B820.

PCIe version	2.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

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.

A6-7310 1.69
+238%

Celeron B820 0.50

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.

A6-7310 2689
+235%

Celeron B820 802

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A6-7310 228

Celeron B820 280
+22.8%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A6-7310 592
+20.3%

Celeron B820 492

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.69	0.50
Recency	7 May 2015	1 July 2012
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	35 Watt

A6-7310 has a 238% 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 191.7% lower power consumption.

The A6-7310 is our recommended choice as it beats the Celeron B820 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-7310 and Celeron B820, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.