AMD A4-4355M vs AMD Athlon II M300

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4355M and AMD Athlon II M300 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-4355M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 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
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 813 vs 776
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 806 vs 670
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2012 vs 10 September 2009
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 1024 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 813 vs 776
PassMark - CPU mark 806 vs 670

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II M300

  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 12% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 236 vs 210
  • Around 43% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 447 vs 313
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 128 KB vs 96 KB
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 236 vs 210
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 447 vs 313

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-4355M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II M300

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
813
776
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
806
670
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
210
236
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
313
447
Name AMD A4-4355M AMD Athlon II M300
PassMark - Single thread mark 813 776
PassMark - CPU mark 806 670
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 210 236
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 313 447

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A4-4355M AMD Athlon II M300

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Caspian
Launch date 1 October 2012 10 September 2009
Place in performance rating 2864 2868
Series AMD A-Series AMD Athlon II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 96 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Transistor count 1303 Million
Front-side bus (FSB) 3200 MHz
Number of threads 2

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FP2 Socket S1 (S1g3)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)