Athlon II P340 vs Phenom II X3 P820
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X3 P820 and Athlon II P340 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2630 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 3x AMD Phenom II | AMD Athlon II |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 4 October 2010 (13 years ago) |
| Current price | no data | $169 |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X3 P820 and Athlon II P340 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 | 3 (Tri-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 3 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.8 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Bus support | 3600 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| L1 cache | 384 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1.5 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X3 P820 and Athlon II P340 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.
| Socket | S1 | S1g4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 25 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 P820 and Athlon II P340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | integrated DDR3 Memory Controller, Virtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a) | SSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM |
| VirusProtect | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 P820 and Athlon II P340 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 P820 and Athlon II P340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | 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.
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%
Athlon II P340 outperforms Phenom II X3 P820 by 22% 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%
Phenom II X3 P820 outperforms Athlon II P340 by 14% 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%
Phenom II X3 P820 outperforms Athlon II P340 by 13% in 3DMark06 CPU.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
Phenom II X3 P820 outperforms Athlon II P340 by 43% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 4 October 2010 |
| Physical cores | 3 | 2 |
| Threads | 3 | 2 |
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X3 P820 and Athlon II P340. We've got no test results to judge.
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