AMD A4-3305M vs AMD Athlon II P360

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-3305M and AMD Athlon II P360 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.

AMD A4-3305M

AMD Athlon II P360

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-3305M

CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 758 vs 730
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 277 vs 255

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 December 2011 vs 16 December 2010
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	758 vs 730
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	277 vs 255

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II P360

Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 861 vs 837
Around 5% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 504 vs 478

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	861 vs 837
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	504 vs 478

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-3305M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II P360

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

837

861

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

758

730

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

277

255

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

478

504

Name	AMD A4-3305M	AMD Athlon II P360
PassMark - Single thread mark	837	861
PassMark - CPU mark	758	730
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	277	255
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	478	504

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4-3305M	AMD Athlon II P360
Essentials
Architecture codename	Llano	Champlain
Launch date	8 December 2011	16 December 2010
Place in performance rating	2860	2863
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD Athlon II
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Price now		$24
Value for money (0-100)		16.23
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	226 mm
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz	2.3 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™)