A4-3400 vs Athlon II N330

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II N330 and A4-3400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	2615
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.85
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon II	no data
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	7 September 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	$9	$13.09

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N330 and A4-3400 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	no data	2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus support	3200 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	117.5 mm2	228 mm2
Number of transistors	234 Million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N330 and A4-3400 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	no data	1
Socket	S1	FM1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N330 and A4-3400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	DDR3-1066 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N330 and A4-3400 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N330 and A4-3400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Radeon HD 6410D

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 May 2010	7 September 2011
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

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