A4-7300 vs FirePro A320

Place in the ranking	2240	2488
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.29	1.40
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	7 August 2012 (12 years ago)	August 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

FirePro A320 and A4-7300 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	3.8 GHz	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	192K	96 KB
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	1024 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	70 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	70 °C
Number of transistors	1,303 million	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+

Compatibility

Information on FirePro A320 and A4-7300 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
Socket	FM2	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FirePro A320 and A4-7300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by FirePro A320 and A4-7300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FirePro A320 and A4-7300. 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	FirePro	AMD Radeon HD 8470D
Number of pipelines	no data	192
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FirePro A320 and A4-7300 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FirePro A320 and A4-7300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

DirectX® 11

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by FirePro A320 and A4-7300.

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.

FirePro A320 1.36
+41.7%

A4-7300 0.96

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.

FirePro A320 2153
+40.8%

A4-7300 1529