Athlon XP 1600+ vs A4-3305M

Place in the ranking	2906	3359
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Power efficiency	1.27	0.17
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Thoroughbred (2001−2002)
Release date	14 June 2011 (13 years ago)	January 2001 (23 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-3305M and Athlon XP 1600+ 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	2 (Dual-core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	1.4 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	256 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	180 nm
Die size	228 mm²	150 mm²
Number of transistors	1,178 million	37 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A4-3305M and Athlon XP 1600+ 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FS1	A
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	63 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-3305M and Athlon XP 1600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-3305M and Athlon XP 1600+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-3305M and Athlon XP 1600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 6480G (593 MHz)

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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.

A4-3305M 0.47
+327%

Athlon XP 1600+ 0.11

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.

A4-3305M 751
+332%

Athlon XP 1600+ 174

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.47	0.11
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	63 Watt

A4-3305M has a 327.3% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 462.5% more advanced lithography process, and 80% lower power consumption.

The A4-3305M is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon XP 1600+ in performance tests.

Be aware that A4-3305M is a notebook processor while Athlon XP 1600+ is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A4-3305M and Athlon XP 1600+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.