Pentium J2900 vs A4-3305M

Primary details

Comparing A4-3305M and Pentium J2900 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2922	2633
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Pentium
Power efficiency	1.27	7.48
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Bay Trail-D (2013)
Release date	14 June 2011 (13 years ago)	1 November 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$94

Detailed specifications

A4-3305M and Pentium J2900 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.41 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.66 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	224 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Die size	228 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A4-3305M and Pentium J2900 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	FCBGA1170
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-3305M and Pentium J2900. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
PAE	no data	36 Bit
FDI	no data	-
RST	no data	-

Security technologies

A4-3305M and Pentium J2900 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-3305M and Pentium J2900 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-d	no data	-
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-3305M and Pentium J2900. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	8 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.3 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 6480G (593 MHz)	Intel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Series
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	896 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-3305M and Pentium J2900 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4-3305M and Pentium J2900 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

11.2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-3305M and Pentium J2900.

PCIe version	no data	2.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	4
USB revision	no data	3.0 and 2.0
Total number of SATA ports	no data	2
Number of USB ports	no data	5

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.47	0.79
Integrated graphics card	0.66	0.77
Recency	14 June 2011	1 November 2013
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	32 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	10 Watt

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