A4-3420 vs Athlon II N330

Place in the ranking	2989	2748
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Athlon II	no data
Power efficiency	1.14	0.98
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	20 December 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N330 and A4-3420 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	2.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.8 GHz
Bus rate	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	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N330 and A4-3420 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 A4-3420. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N330 and A4-3420 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N330 and A4-3420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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.

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.

Athlon II N330 0.42

A4-3420 0.67
+59.5%

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.

Athlon II N330 665

A4-3420 1067
+60.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.42	0.67
Recency	12 May 2010	20 December 2011
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Athlon II N330 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

A4-3420, on the other hand, has a 59.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The A4-3420 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II N330 in performance tests.

Be aware that Athlon II N330 is a notebook processor while A4-3420 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II N330 and A4-3420, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.