AMD Z-01 vs AMD A8-7100. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD C AMD A8-7000
• Family
  AMD C AMD A
• Generation
  1 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

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

• Base Frequency
  1 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  2x -
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.4 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
  1 4
• Generation
  3 6
• GPU Frequency
  280 MHz 450 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6250 AMD Radeon R5 (Kaveri)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 510 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2010 Q1/2014
• Shader
  80 256
• Technology
  40 nm 28 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A8-7100 and AMD Z-01. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1066 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Z-01 and AMD A8-7100 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)
  6 W 19 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Z-01 and AMD A8-7100, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ontario (Bobcat) Kaveri (Steamroller)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  1 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q2/2014
• Socket
  BGA 413 FM2+
• Technology
  40 nm 28 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V