Pentium T3400 vs Athlon 64 TF-20
Aggregate performance score
Pentium T3400 outperforms Athlon 64 TF-20 by a whopping 153% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3579 | 3279 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon 64 | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 1.16 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Sherman (2009) | no data |
| Release date | 1 May 2009 (16 years ago) | 1 October 2008 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium T3400 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | no data |
| Threads | 1 | no data |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.16 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | no data |
| Bus rate | 667 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 0.1 MB | no data |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | no data |
| L3 cache | no data | 1 MB L2 Cache |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | 100 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 1.075V-1.175V |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium T3400 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.
| Socket | S1g1 | PPGA478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 512 KB | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium T3400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium T3400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and Pentium T3400 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | no data | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.15 | 0.38 |
| Recency | 1 May 2009 | 1 October 2008 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 512 Watt | 35 Watt |
Athlon 64 TF-20 has an age advantage of 7 months.
Pentium T3400, on the other hand, has a 153.3% higher aggregate performance score, and 1362.9% lower power consumption.
The Intel Pentium T3400 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon 64 TF-20 in performance tests.
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