Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE vs A4-4300M

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Primary details

Comparing A4-4300M and Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2782not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Power efficiency1.70no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Windsor (2006−2007)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)May 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-4300M and Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE 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 speed2.5 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.4 GHz
L1 cache96 KB256 KB
L2 cache1 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm90 nm
Die size246 mm2220 mm2
Number of transistors1,303 million154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-4300M and Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE 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
SocketFS1r2AM2
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-4300M and Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE. 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, AVX, FMAno data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-4300M and Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-4300M and Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7420G (480 - 655 MHz)no data

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 32 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

A4-4300M has a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A4-4300M and Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A4-4300M is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 4600+ EE is a desktop one.


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