Athlon 300U vs A4-3420

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Aggregate performance score

A4-3420
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.69

Athlon 300U outperforms A4-3420 by a whopping 267% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4-3420 and Athlon 300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27331753
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Athlon
Power efficiency0.9715.38
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Raven Ridge 2 (2019)
Release date20 December 2011 (12 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-3420 and Athlon 300U 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.8 GHz2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache128 KB (per core)192 KB
L2 cache512 KB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size228 mm2209.78 mm2
Number of transistors1,178 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A4-3420 and Athlon 300U 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFM1FP5
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-3420 and Athlon 300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-3420 and Athlon 300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-3420 and Athlon 300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardRadeon HD 6410DAMD Radeon RX Vega 3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-3420 and Athlon 300U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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.

A4-3420 0.69
Athlon 300U 2.53
+267%

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.

A4-3420 1054
Athlon 300U 3867
+267%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.69 2.53
Recency 20 December 2011 6 January 2019
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 15 Watt

Athlon 300U has a 266.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more threads, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon 300U is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-3420 in performance tests.

Note that A4-3420 is a desktop processor while Athlon 300U is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between A4-3420 and Athlon 300U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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