AMD Athlon II P340 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II P340 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. 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 Athlon II P340

• CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
• Around 38% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 131072x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 58% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 850 vs 537
• Around 24% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 714 vs 577

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

• Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 25 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II P340
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-42

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	850 537
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	714 577

Compare specifications (specs)