AMD Phenom II X3 P860 vs AMD Athlon II M340

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 P860 and AMD Athlon II M340 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 P860

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 2
• 1 more threads: 3 vs 2
• 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 55% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1250 vs 807

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II M340

• Around 10% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 2 GHz
• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 858 vs 831

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 P860
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II M340

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	831 858
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1250 807

Compare specifications (specs)