A4-3320M vs Pentium U5600

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium U5600
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 18 Watt
0.39
A4-3320M
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.42
+7.7%

A4-3320M outperforms Pentium U5600 by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium U5600 and A4-3320M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30172985
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD A-Series
Power efficiency2.051.14
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Llano (2011−2012)
Release date11 January 2011 (13 years ago)20 December 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium U5600 and A4-3320M 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 speed1.33 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed0.03 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/sno data
Multiplier10no data
L1 cache128 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache3 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size81+114 mm2228 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Number of transistors382 Million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium U5600 and A4-3320M 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
SocketIntel BGA1288FS1
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium U5600 and A4-3320M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G
FMA+-
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
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium U5600 and A4-3320M 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 U5600 and A4-3320M 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 U5600 and A4-3320M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth12.799 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 6480G (444 MHz)
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency500 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium U5600 and A4-3320M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium U5600 and A4-3320M.

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 U5600 0.39
A4-3320M 0.42
+7.7%

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 U5600 624
A4-3320M 668
+7.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.39 0.42
Integrated graphics card 0.77 0.66
Recency 11 January 2011 20 December 2011
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 35 Watt

Pentium U5600 has 16.7% faster integrated GPU, and 94.4% lower power consumption.

A4-3320M, on the other hand, has a 7.7% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 11 months.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium U5600 and A4-3320M.


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