Athlon 64 FX-57 vs A4-3300M

Place in the ranking	2671	3092
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Power efficiency	2.03	0.30
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	San Diego (2001−2005)
Release date	14 June 2011 (13 years ago)	June 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-3300M and Athlon 64 FX-57 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Die size	228 mm²	115 mm²
Number of transistors	1,178 million	114 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A4-3300M and Athlon 64 FX-57 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FS1	939
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	104 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-3300M and Athlon 64 FX-57. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-3300M and Athlon 64 FX-57 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-3300M and Athlon 64 FX-57. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 6480G (444 MHz)

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A4-3300M 0.75
+127%

Athlon 64 FX-57 0.33

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A4-3300M 1186
+129%

Athlon 64 FX-57 517

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.75	0.33
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	104 Watt

A4-3300M has a 127.3% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 197.1% lower power consumption.

The A4-3300M is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 FX-57 in performance tests.

Be aware that A4-3300M is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 FX-57 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A4-3300M and Athlon 64 FX-57, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.