Ryzen 3 8440U vs A4-3305M

Primary details

Comparing A4-3305M and Ryzen 3 8440U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Hawk Point-U (Zen 4 + Zen 4c)
Release date	14 June 2011 (12 years ago)	6 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Current price	$14.93	no data

Detailed specifications

A4-3305M and Ryzen 3 8440U 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	81 x 4.7  GHz AMD Zen 43 x 4.7  GHz AMD Zen 4c
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	4.7 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	4 nm
Die size	228 mm2	137 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	20,900 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A4-3305M and Ryzen 3 8440U 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	FP7
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-3305M and Ryzen 3 8440U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, DDR3 Memory Controller, Radeon HD 6480G	DDR5-5600/LPDDR5x-7500 RAM, PCIe 4, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, SSSE3
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-3305M and Ryzen 3 8440U are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-3305M and Ryzen 3 8440U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon HD 6480G

AMD Radeon 740M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-3305M and Ryzen 3 8440U.

PCIe version	no data	4.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	14

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	0.66	9.03
Recency	14 June 2011	6 December 2023
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	81 x 4.7 GHz AMD Zen 43 x 4.7 GHz AMD Zen 4c
Chip lithography	32 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	28 Watt

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