AMD PRO A4-4350B vs Intel Core i3-4340

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A4-4350B and Intel Core i3-4340 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics image quality, Security & Reliability. 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 PRO A4-4350B

  • Around 35% higher maximum core temperature: 90°C vs 66.8°C
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 54 Watt
Maximum core temperature 90°C vs 66.8°C
L2 cache 1 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 54 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-4340

  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 22 nm vs 28 nm
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1979 vs 921
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3460 vs 1090
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.6 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1979 vs 921
PassMark - CPU mark 3460 vs 1090

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A4-4350B
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-4340

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
921
1979
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1090
3460
Name AMD PRO A4-4350B Intel Core i3-4340
PassMark - Single thread mark 921 1979
PassMark - CPU mark 1090 3460
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 874
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1891

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD PRO A4-4350B Intel Core i3-4340

Essentials

Family AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date Q1 2018 September 2013
OPN Tray AM435BAYN23AC
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 2392 1716
Series AMD PRO A-Series A4 APU for Laptops 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i3 Processors
Vertical segment Laptop Desktop
Architecture codename Haswell
Launch price (MSRP) $210
Price now $168.99
Processor Number i3-4340
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 9.13

Performance

Base frequency 2.5 GHz 3.60 GHz
Compute Cores 5
L2 cache 1 MB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 90°C 66.8°C
Maximum frequency 2.9 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of GPU cores 3
Unlocked
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 177 mm
L1 cache 64 KB (per core)
L3 cache 4096 KB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1400 million

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3-1333/1600, DDR3L-1333/1600 @ 1.5V

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 655 MHz 1.15 GHz
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R4 Graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Device ID 0x412
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI
DVI
eDP
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics API support

DirectX 12 11.1/12
Vulkan
OpenGL 4.3

Compatibility

Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 54 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150
Thermal Solution PCG 2013C

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 Up to 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Advanced Technologies

Adaptive Voltage and Frequency Scaling (AVFS)
AMD Secure technology
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA 1920x1200@60Hz

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)