Phenom II X3 P840 vs Pentium Dual T4300

VS

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T4300
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.78
Phenom II X3 P840
2010
3 cores / 3 threads, 25 Watt
0.82
+5.1%

Phenom II X3 P840 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4300 by a small 5% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Phenom II X3 P840 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26252580
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual Core3x AMD Phenom II
Power efficiency2.113.10
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date1 April 2009 (15 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Phenom II X3 P840 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)3 (Tri-Core)
Threads23
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz1.9 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB384 KB
L2 cache1 MB1.5 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Phenom II X3 P840 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 configuration1no data
SocketPS1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Phenom II X3 P840. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataVirtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Phenom II X3 P840 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Phenom II X3 P840. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)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.


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.

Pentium Dual T4300 0.78
Phenom II X3 P840 0.82
+5.1%

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.

Pentium Dual T4300 4057
Phenom II X3 P840 4425
+9.1%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium Dual T4300 39
Phenom II X3 P840 27.7
+40.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.78 0.82
Recency 1 April 2009 4 October 2010
Physical cores 2 3
Threads 2 3
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 25 Watt

Phenom II X3 P840 has a 5.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 50% more physical cores and 50% more threads, and 40% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Phenom II X3 P840.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Phenom II X3 P840, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300
Pentium Dual Core T4300
AMD Phenom II X3 P840
Phenom II X3 P840

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


3.5 158 votes

Rate Pentium Dual Core T4300 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.4 21 vote

Rate Phenom II X3 P840 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Pentium Dual Core T4300 or Phenom II X3 P840, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.