Pentium Silver A1030 vs Ryzen 3 2300U
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1524 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 3 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 22.07 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Raven Ridge (2017−2018) | no data |
| Release date | 8 January 2018 (6 years ago) | 1 July 2020 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030 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 | 2 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Multiplier | 20 | no data |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | no data |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 4 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 deg C |
| Number of transistors | 4950 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030 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 (Uniprocessor) | 1 |
| Socket | FP5 | FCBGA1090 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT | Intel® SSE4.2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | no data | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | - |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Smart Response | no data | - |
| GPIO | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Security technologies
Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | upto-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 8 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 38.397 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) | no data |
| Max video memory | no data | 8 GB |
| Quick Sync Video | - | + |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 700 GHz |
| Execution Units | no data | 12 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| MIPI-DSI | no data | + |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | no data | + |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | 12 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.4 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 12 | 6 |
| USB revision | no data | 2.0/3.0 |
| Total number of SATA ports | no data | 2 |
| Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports | no data | 2 |
| Number of USB ports | no data | 8 |
| Integrated LAN | no data | - |
| UART | no data | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 January 2018 | 1 July 2020 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
Ryzen 3 2300U has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Pentium Silver A1030, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 2300U and Pentium Silver A1030, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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