A8-7100 vs FX-4320

Place in the ranking	1927	2440
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Kaveri
Power efficiency	1.97	5.13
Architecture codename	Vishera (2012−2015)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	23 October 2012 (12 years ago)	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FX-4320 and A8-7100 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	4 GHz	1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.1 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	no data
L2 cache	4096 KB	4096 KB
L3 cache	4096 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	315 mm²	245 mm²
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,200 million	2410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on FX-4320 and A8-7100 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	no data
Socket	AM3+	FP3
Power consumption (TDP)	95 Watt	19 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-4320 and A8-7100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
HSA	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FX-4320 and A8-7100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-4320 and A8-7100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	DDR3-1600
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	4
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-4320 and A8-7100 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FX-4320 and A8-7100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FX-4320 and A8-7100.

PCIe version

Not Listed

3.0

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.

FX-4320 1.98
+92.2%

A8-7100 1.03

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.

FX-4320 3150
+92.3%

A8-7100 1638