AMD A6 Pro-7050B vs AMD Athlon II M340

Comparative analysis of AMD A6 Pro-7050B and AMD Athlon II M340 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD A6 Pro-7050B

AMD Athlon II M340

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6 Pro-7050B

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 36% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 866 vs 858
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1010 vs 807

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2014 vs 10 September 2009
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	866 vs 858
PassMark - CPU mark	1010 vs 807

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II M340

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6 Pro-7050B
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II M340

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

866

858

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1010

807

Name	AMD A6 Pro-7050B	AMD Athlon II M340
PassMark - Single thread mark	866	858
PassMark - CPU mark	1010	807

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6 Pro-7050B	AMD Athlon II M340
Essentials
Architecture codename	Kaveri	Caspian
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	4 June 2014	10 September 2009
OPN Tray	AM705BECH23JA
Place in performance rating	2458	2480
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops	AMD Athlon II
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.2 GHz
Compute Cores	5
Die size	245 mm
L2 cache	1 MB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	2410 Million
Unlocked
Front-side bus (FSB)		3200 MHz
L1 cache		128 KB
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	1600 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3 / DDR3L-1600
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	533 MHz
iGPU core count	192
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP3	Socket S1 (S1g3)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	35 Watt
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0