Pentium 3560M vs A6-7310

Place in the ranking	2061	2580
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	6.36	2.16
Architecture codename	Carrizo-L (2015)	Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date	7 May 2015 (9 years ago)	14 April 2014 (10 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$134

Detailed specifications

A6-7310 and Pentium 3560M 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	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	512 KB
L3 cache	no data	2 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Die size	no data	130 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	100 °C
Number of transistors	930 Million	960 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-7310 and Pentium 3560M 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
Socket	FP4	FCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)	12-25 Watt	37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7310 and Pentium 3560M. 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	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Thermal Monitoring	-	+

Security technologies

A6-7310 and Pentium 3560M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7310 and Pentium 3560M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7310 and Pentium 3560M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1866	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel Processors
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7310 and Pentium 3560M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
eDP	no data	+
DisplayPort	+	+
HDMI	+	+
VGA	no data	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7310 and Pentium 3560M integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7310 and Pentium 3560M.

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
+98.8%

Pentium 3560M 0.85

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
+99.9%

Pentium 3560M 1345

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

Pentium 3560M 514
+125%

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 591

Pentium 3560M 960
+62.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.69	0.85
Recency	7 May 2015	14 April 2014
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	37 Watt

A6-7310 has a 98.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 208.3% lower power consumption.

Pentium 3560M, on the other hand, has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

The A6-7310 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 3560M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-7310 and Pentium 3560M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.