Athlon II M340 vs Pentium Dual Core T4500

Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T4500
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.86
+65.4%

Pentium Dual T4500 outperforms Athlon II M340 by an impressive 65% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Athlon II M340 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking25062809
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreAMD Athlon II
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Caspian (2009)
Release date10 January 2009 (15 years ago)10 September 2009 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed2.3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus support800 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Number of transistors410 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4500 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 configuration1no data
SocketPGA478Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Athlon II M340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNowno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4500 and Athlon II M340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR2

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 0.86
+65.4%
Athlon II M340 0.52

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
+65.6%
Athlon II M340 807

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.86 0.52
Recency 10 January 2009 10 September 2009

Pentium Dual T4500 has a 65.4% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon II M340, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months.

The Pentium Dual Core T4500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II M340 in performance tests.


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