Celeron G3900E vs A4-5300

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Aggregate performance score

A4-5300
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.89
Celeron G3900E
2016
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
1.33
+49.4%

Celeron G3900E outperforms A4-5300 by a considerable 49% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4-5300 and Celeron G3900E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25542273
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.12
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)Intel Celeron
Power efficiency1.253.47
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)2 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A4-5300 and Celeron G3900E 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 speed3.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache128K (per core)128 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm298.57 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-5300 and Celeron G3900E 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)
SocketFM2no data
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5300 and Celeron G3900E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4no data
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5300 and Celeron G3900E are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5300 and Celeron G3900E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3LPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7480DIntel HD Graphics 510

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-5300 and Celeron G3900E.

PCIe versionno data3.0
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.

A4-5300 0.89
Celeron G3900E 1.33
+49.4%

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 1357
Celeron G3900E 2034
+49.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.89 1.33
Integrated graphics card 0.72 1.61
Recency 2 October 2012 2 January 2016
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

Celeron G3900E has a 49.4% higher aggregate performance score, 123.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 3 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Celeron G3900E is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-5300 in performance tests.

Note that A4-5300 is a desktop processor while Celeron G3900E is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between A4-5300 and Celeron G3900E, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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