Athlon X2 340 vs PRO A6-8570E

Place in performance ranking	2401	2546
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	October 2018 (5 years ago)	2 October 2012 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

PRO A6-8570E and Athlon X2 340 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	3 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.4 GHz	3.6 GHz
L1 cache	no data	96K
L2 cache	1024 KB	1 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Die size	250 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+

Compatibility

Information on PRO A6-8570E and Athlon X2 340 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	1
Socket	AM4	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by PRO A6-8570E and Athlon X2 340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by PRO A6-8570E and Athlon X2 340 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by PRO A6-8570E and Athlon X2 340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR3-1600
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	4	no data
Switchable graphics	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A6-8570E and Athlon X2 340 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort

n/a

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A6-8570E and Athlon X2 340 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by PRO A6-8570E and Athlon X2 340.

PCIe version

3.0

2.0

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.

PRO A6-8570E 1.06
+24.7%

Athlon X2 340 0.85

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.

PRO A6-8570E 1642
+25.6%

Athlon X2 340 1307