A6-3430MX vs Pentium Dual T4500

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T4500
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.84
A6-3430MX
2011
4 cores / 4 threads, 45 Watt
0.91
+8.3%

A6-3430MX outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4500 by a small 8% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4500 and A6-3430MX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25662520
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreAMD A-Series
Power efficiency2.271.91
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Llano (2011−2012)
Release date1 January 2010 (14 years ago)20 December 2011 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4500 and A6-3430MX 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm2228 mm2
Number of transistors410 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4500 and A6-3430MX 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 configuration11
SocketPFS1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and A6-3430MX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and A6-3430MX are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and A6-3430MX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 6520G

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 T4500 0.84
A6-3430MX 0.91
+8.3%

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.

Pentium Dual T4500 1336
A6-3430MX 1448
+8.4%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.84 0.91
Recency 1 January 2010 20 December 2011
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Pentium Dual T4500 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

A6-3430MX, on the other hand, has a 8.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium Dual Core T4500 and A6-3430MX.


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