Pentium D 915 vs A6-3400M

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Primary details

Comparing A6-3400M and Pentium D 915 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2578not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Presler (2006−2007)
Release date15 June 2011 (13 years ago)23 July 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-3400M and Pentium D 915 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.4 GHz2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)16 KB (per core)
L2 cache4 MB2 MB (per die)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size218 mm22x 81 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data63 °C
Number of transistors1000 Million376 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A6-3400M and Pentium D 915 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
SocketFS1775
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-3400M and Pentium D 915. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480Gno data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-3400M and Pentium D 915 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-3400M and Pentium D 915. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6520GOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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.

Benchmark coverage: 65%

A6-3400M 1191
+156%
Pentium D 915 465

A6-3400M outperforms Pentium D 915 by 156% in Passmark.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 June 2011 23 July 2006
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt

A6-3400M has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 171.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A6-3400M and Pentium D 915. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A6-3400M is a notebook processor while Pentium D 915 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between A6-3400M and Pentium D 915, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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