Athlon 64 X2 3600+ vs A4-5300

Place in the ranking	2572	3009
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series (Desktop)	no data
Power efficiency	1.25	0.43
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Manchester (2005−2006)
Release date	2 October 2012 (12 years ago)	31 May 2005 (19 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5300 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.6 GHz	2 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Die size	246 mm²	156 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	70 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A4-5300 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 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	FM2	939
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5300 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5300 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5300 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7480D (724 MHz)

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

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.

A4-5300 0.86
+115%

Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 0.40

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.

A4-5300 1363
+115%

Athlon 64 X2 3600+ 633

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.86	0.40
Recency	2 October 2012	31 May 2005
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	89 Watt

A4-5300 has a 115% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 36.9% lower power consumption.

The A4-5300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 X2 3600+ in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A4-5300 and Athlon 64 X2 3600+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.