Pentium E5300 vs A6-3400M

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Aggregate performance score

A6-3400M
2011
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
0.75
+31.6%
Pentium E5300
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.57

A6-3400M outperforms Pentium E5300 by a substantial 32% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A6-3400M and Pentium E5300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26672830
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.04
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Power efficiency2.030.83
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Wolfdale (2008−2010)
Release date14 June 2011 (13 years ago)November 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$64

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A6-3400M and Pentium E5300 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 GHz2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.6 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size228 mm282 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data74 °C
Number of transistors1,178 million228 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.3625V

Compatibility

Information on A6-3400M and Pentium E5300 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
SocketFS1LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-3400M and Pentium E5300. 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+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

A6-3400M and Pentium E5300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-3400M and Pentium E5300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-3400M and Pentium E5300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR1, DDR2, DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6520G (400 MHz)no data

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.

A6-3400M 0.75
+31.6%
Pentium E5300 0.57

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.

A6-3400M 1193
+31.7%
Pentium E5300 906

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A6-3400M 211
Pentium E5300 298
+41.2%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A6-3400M 522
+6.7%
Pentium E5300 489

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.75 0.57
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

A6-3400M has a 31.6% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The A6-3400M is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium E5300 in performance tests.

Be aware that A6-3400M is a notebook processor while Pentium E5300 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between A6-3400M and Pentium E5300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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