AMD A4-4355M vs Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300

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General info

Comparing Core 2 Duo SU9300 and A4-4355M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated2707
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core 2 DuoAMD A-Series
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date20 August 2008 (15 years old)27 September 2012 (11 years old)
Current price$26 $210

Technical specs

Core 2 Duo SU9300 and A4-4355M 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.2 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed1.2 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus support800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data96 KB
L2 cache3 MB1 MB (shared)
L3 cache3 MB L2 Cache0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature105 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data100 °C
Number of transistors410 Million1,303 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage range1.05V-1.15Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SU9300 and A4-4355M 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 configurationno data1
SocketBGA956FP2
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SU9300 and A4-4355M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NIno data+
FMAno data+
AVXno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo SU9300 and A4-4355M 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 Core 2 Duo SU9300 and A4-4355M are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo SU9300 and A4-4355M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataunknown Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 7400G

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Core 2 Duo SU9300 1392
A4-4355M 1690
+21.5%

A4-4355M outperforms Core 2 Duo SU9300 by 21% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Core 2 Duo SU9300 2463
+6.3%
A4-4355M 2318

Core 2 Duo SU9300 outperforms A4-4355M by 6% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Core 2 Duo SU9300 1028
A4-4355M 1239
+20.5%

A4-4355M outperforms Core 2 Duo SU9300 by 21% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 20 August 2008 27 September 2012
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 17 Watt

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