Pentium G2030 vs A6-7310

Place in the ranking	2060	2412
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Power efficiency	6.39	1.89
Architecture codename	Carrizo-L (2015)	no data
Release date	7 May 2015 (9 years ago)	1 April 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-7310 and Pentium G2030 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	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	no data
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
L2 cache	2048 KB	no data
L3 cache	no data	3 MB Intel® Smart Cache
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	930 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-7310 and Pentium G2030 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	FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)	12-25 Watt	55 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7310 and Pentium G2030. 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	-	+

Security technologies

A6-7310 and Pentium G2030 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 G2030 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 G2030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1866	DDR3-1333, DDR3-1600
Maximum memory size	no data	32 GB
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics	Intel HD Graphics for 3rd 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 Pentium G2030 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	no data	3
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7310 and Pentium G2030 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 G2030.

PCIe version

2.0

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
+53.6%

Pentium G2030 1.10

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
+53.5%

Pentium G2030 1752

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 G2030 481
+111%

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

Pentium G2030 815
+37.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.69	1.10
Recency	7 May 2015	1 April 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	55 Watt

A6-7310 has a 53.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 358.3% lower power consumption.

Pentium G2030, on the other hand, has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

The A6-7310 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G2030 in performance tests.

Be aware that A6-7310 is a notebook processor while Pentium G2030 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-7310 and Pentium G2030, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.