Pentium 927 vs A8-3500M
Primary details
Comparing A8-3500M and Pentium 927 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2544 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | Intel Pentium |
| Power efficiency | 2.39 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Llano (2011−2012) | Sandy Bridge (2011−2013) |
| Release date | 14 June 2011 (13 years ago) | no data (2024 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A8-3500M and Pentium 927 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 | 1.5 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 2.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 228 mm2 | 131 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 504 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A8-3500M and Pentium 927 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FS1 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 17 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3500M and Pentium 927. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G | no data |
| FMA | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3500M and Pentium 927 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3500M and Pentium 927. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3-1333 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 16 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 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 HD 6620G | Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 17 Watt |
A8-3500M has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Pentium 927, on the other hand, has 105.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A8-3500M and Pentium 927. We've got no test results to judge.
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