Celeron U3400 vs A4-1250

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Aggregate performance score

A4-1250
2013
2 cores / 2 threads, 8 Watt
0.26
Celeron U3400
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 18 Watt
0.32
+23.1%

Celeron U3400 outperforms A4-1250 by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4-1250 and Celeron U3400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking31573092
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Celeron
Power efficiency3.081.68
Architecture codenameTemash (2013)Westmere (2010−2011)
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)24 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-1250 and Celeron U3400 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 speedno data1.06 GHz
Boost clock speed1 GHz0.07 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rateno data1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data8
L1 cache128K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm281 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million382 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-1250 and Celeron U3400 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT3BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)8 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-1250 and Celeron U3400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVXno data
AES-NI+-
FMA-+
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

A4-1250 and Celeron U3400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-1250 and Celeron U3400 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-1250 and Celeron U3400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3-800
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data12.799 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 8210 (300 MHz)Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data500 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-1250 and Celeron U3400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-1250 and Celeron U3400.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

A4-1250 0.26
Celeron U3400 0.32
+23.1%

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.

A4-1250 406
Celeron U3400 516
+27.1%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A4-1250 97
Celeron U3400 176
+81.4%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A4-1250 178
Celeron U3400 313
+75.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.26 0.32
Integrated graphics card 0.49 0.77
Recency 23 May 2013 24 May 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 18 Watt

A4-1250 has an age advantage of 2 years, and 125% lower power consumption.

Celeron U3400, on the other hand, has a 23.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 57.1% faster integrated GPU.

The Celeron U3400 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-1250 in performance tests.


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