AMD A6-3400M vs AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-3400M and AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+ 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, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3400M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • Around 15% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 691 vs 577
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1191 vs 370
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 June 2011 vs January 2001
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 130 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 691 vs 577
PassMark - CPU mark 1191 vs 370

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-3400M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
691
577
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1191
370
Name AMD A6-3400M AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+
PassMark - Single thread mark 691 577
PassMark - CPU mark 1191 370
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 232
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.336
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.05
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 529
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 529

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-3400M AMD Athlon XP-M 2600+

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Barton
Launch date 15 June 2011 January 2001
Place in performance rating 2892 2884
Series AMD A-Series
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 218 mm 101 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 4096 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1000 Million 63 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FS1 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)