AMD A6-4455M vs AMD Athlon II M340

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-4455M and AMD Athlon II M340 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-4455M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.2 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
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs 10 September 2009
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 2.2 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

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II M340

  • Around 39% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 858 vs 786
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 807 vs 793
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 128 KB vs 92 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 858 vs 786
PassMark - CPU mark 807 vs 793

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-4455M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II M340

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
786
858
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
793
807
Name AMD A6-4455M AMD Athlon II M340
PassMark - Single thread mark 786 858
PassMark - CPU mark 793 807
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 269
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 390
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 0.881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1573
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1573
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3085

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-4455M AMD Athlon II M340

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Caspian
Launch date 15 May 2012 10 September 2009
Place in performance rating 2460 2480
Series AMD A-Series AMD Athlon II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 92 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz 2.2 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™)