AMD A4-3300M vs AMD Athlon II P340

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-3300M and AMD Athlon II P340 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

AMD A4-3300M

AMD Athlon II P340

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-3300M

CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 257 vs 219
Around 24% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 471 vs 381

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 June 2011 vs 4 October 2010
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache	2048 KB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	257 vs 219
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	471 vs 381

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II P340

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 850 vs 790

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	850 vs 790

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-3300M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II P340

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

790

850

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

714

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

257

219

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

471

381

Name	AMD A4-3300M	AMD Athlon II P340
PassMark - Single thread mark	790	850
PassMark - CPU mark	714	714
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	257	219
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	471	381
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	104.466
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1.097
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.196

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4-3300M	AMD Athlon II P340
Essentials
Architecture codename	Llano	Champlain
Launch date	14 June 2011	4 October 2010
Place in performance rating	2932	2921
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD Athlon II
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Price now		$44.95
Value for money (0-100)		8.19
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	226 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	1000 Million
Front-side bus (FSB)		3200 MHz
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FS1	S1g4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)