AMD A4-4300M vs AMD Athlon II N350

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4300M and AMD Athlon II N350 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-4300M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 25% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1014 vs 945
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1000 vs 767
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 June 2012 vs 4 October 2010
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1014 vs 945
PassMark - CPU mark 1000 vs 767

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II N350

  • 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 256 KB vs 96 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-4300M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II N350

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1014
945
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1000
767
Name AMD A4-4300M AMD Athlon II N350
PassMark - Single thread mark 1014 945
PassMark - CPU mark 1000 767
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 313
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 482
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1.13
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.108
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3568
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 307
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3568

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A4-4300M AMD Athlon II N350

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Champlain
Launch date 30 June 2012 4 October 2010
Place in performance rating 2281 2269
Series AMD A-Series AMD Athlon II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm 117.5 mm
L1 cache 96 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Transistor count 1303 Million 234 Million
Front-side bus (FSB) 3200 MHz
Number of threads 2

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FS1r2 S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)