A4-1200 vs Pentium P6300

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium P6300
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.53
+130%
A4-1200
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 4 Watt
0.23

Pentium P6300 outperforms A4-1200 by a whopping 130% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6300 and A4-1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28583172
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD A-Series
Power efficiency1.435.44
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Temash (2013)
Release date9 January 2011 (13 years ago)23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6300 and A4-1200 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.27 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.27 GHz1 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier17no data
L1 cache64K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size81+114 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistors384 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6300 and A4-1200 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketPGA988FT3
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt4 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6300 and A4-1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI-+
FMA+-
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium P6300 and A4-1200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6300 and A4-1200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6300 and A4-1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel ProcessorsAMD Radeon HD 8180 (225 MHz)
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6300 and A4-1200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6300 and A4-1200.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no data

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.

Pentium P6300 0.53
+130%
A4-1200 0.23

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.

Pentium P6300 834
+126%
A4-1200 369

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 0.23
Integrated graphics card 0.77 0.36
Recency 9 January 2011 23 May 2013
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 4 Watt

Pentium P6300 has a 130.4% higher aggregate performance score, and 113.9% faster integrated GPU.

A4-1200, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 775% lower power consumption.

The Pentium P6300 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-1200 in performance tests.


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