AMD A4-4300M vs Intel Core i3-2332M

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4300M and Intel Core i3-2332M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. 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 9 month(s) later
  • Around 36% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1019 vs 936
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 June 2012 vs September 2011
Maximum frequency 3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 256 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1019 vs 936

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-2332M

  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1353 vs 1005
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 96 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1353 vs 1005

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-4300M
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-2332M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1019
936
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1005
1353
Name AMD A4-4300M Intel Core i3-2332M
PassMark - Single thread mark 1019 936
PassMark - CPU mark 1005 1353
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 Intel Core i3-2332M

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Sandy Bridge
Launch date 30 June 2012 September 2011
Place in performance rating 2345 2363
Series AMD A-Series
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm 149 mm
L1 cache 96 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Transistor count 1303 Million 624 million
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FS1r2 G2 (988B)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3