AMD A4-3300M vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-3300M and AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Advanced Technologies. 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-3300M

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
• Around 56% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
• 131072x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 790 vs 537
• Around 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 714 vs 577

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

• Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-3300M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	790 537
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	714 577

Compare specifications (specs)