A4-5100 vs Pentium Dual T3400

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T3400 and A4-5100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	2556
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium Dual Core	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	no data	5.35
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	1 October 2008 (16 years ago)	4 November 2013 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T3400 and A4-5100 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Boost clock speed	2.16 GHz	1.55 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	2048 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Die size	143 mm2	107 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	291 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T3400 and A4-5100 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	PPGA478	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T3400 and A4-5100. 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
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T3400 and A4-5100 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T3400 and A4-5100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon HD 8330
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Dual Core T3400 and A4-5100 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Dual Core T3400 and A4-5100 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Dual Core T3400 and A4-5100.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	8

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 October 2008	4 November 2013
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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