AMD A8-3520M vs Intel Pentium N3710. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A6-3000M Intel Pentium J3000/N3700
• Family
  AMD A Intel Pentium
• Generation
  1 7
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.6 GHz 1.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.5 GHz 2.56 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.5 GHz 2.56 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11 12
• Execution units
  5 16
• Generation
  3 8
• GPU Frequency
  440 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6620G Intel HD Graphics 405 (16EU)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 700 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q2/2015
• Shader
  400 128
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium N3710 and AMD A8-3520M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  - 4
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-3520M and Intel Pentium N3710 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-3520M and Intel Pentium N3710, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Llano (K10) Braswell
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 2 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q1/2016
• Socket
  FS1 BGA 1170
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT