Athlon II M340 vs Atom x5-Z8300

Primary Details

Comparing Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon II M340 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2720	2725
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	5x Intel Atom	AMD Athlon II
Architecture codename	Cherry Trail (2016)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	2 March 2015 (9 years ago)	10 September 2009 (14 years ago)
Current price	$197	$155

Detailed Specifications

Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon II M340 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.44 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1.84 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus support	no data	3200 MHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon II M340 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	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	UTFCBGA592	Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon II M340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization, DDR2 400 MHz Memory Controller
AES-NI	+	no data
PowerNow	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon II M340 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Boot	+	no data
Identity Protection	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon II M340 are enumerated here.

VT-x

+

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon II M340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR2
Maximum memory size	2 GB	no data
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel HD Graphics	no data
Max video memory	2 GB	no data
Graphics max frequency	500 MHz	no data
Execution Units	12	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon II M340 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

2

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Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon II M340 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4

1920x1080

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom x5-Z8300 and Athlon II M340.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	1	no data
USB revision	3.0	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.

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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.

Atom x5-Z8300 outperforms Athlon II M340 by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Performance score	0.53	0.52
Recency	2 March 2015	10 September 2009
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm

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