AMD A4-3300 vs AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-3300 and AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-3300

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 99% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 973 vs 489
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 942 vs 430
Specifications (specs)
Launch date September 2011 vs October 2007
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 973 vs 489
PassMark - CPU mark 942 vs 430

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-3300
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
973
489
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
942
430
Name AMD A4-3300 AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640
PassMark - Single thread mark 973 489
PassMark - CPU mark 942 430
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 274
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 445
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.503
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 71.876
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.657
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.739
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 360

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A4-3300 AMD Athlon 64 LE-1640

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Windsor
Launch date September 2011 October 2007
Place in performance rating 3001 3011
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 228 mm 230 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.5 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 1178 million 227 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM1 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)