AMD A4-4300M vs AMD Turion II M540

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4300M and AMD Turion II M540 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 2 year(s) 9 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 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1014 vs 967
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1000 vs 912
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 June 2012 vs 10 September 2009
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1014 vs 967
PassMark - CPU mark 1000 vs 912

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II M540

  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 128 KB vs 96 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-4300M
CPU 2: AMD Turion II M540

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1014
967
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1000
912
Name AMD A4-4300M AMD Turion II M540
PassMark - Single thread mark 1014 967
PassMark - CPU mark 1000 912
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 Turion II M540

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Caspian
Launch date 30 June 2012 10 September 2009
Place in performance rating 2345 2339
Series AMD A-Series AMD Turion II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 96 KB 128 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
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
Number of threads 2

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FS1r2 Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)