Core 2 Duo E4300 vs A4-6300

Primary details

Comparing A4-6300 and Core 2 Duo E4300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2533not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiency1.31no data
Architecture codenameRichland (2013−2014)Allendale (2006−2009)
Release date1 June 2013 (11 years ago)July 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-6300 and Core 2 Duo E4300 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 speed3.7 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cache96 KB64 KB
L2 cache1024 KB2 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size246 mm2111 mm2
Maximum core temperature70 °C61 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million167 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on A4-6300 and Core 2 Duo E4300 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
SocketFM2LGA775
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-6300 and Core 2 Duo E4300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+-
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

A4-6300 and Core 2 Duo E4300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-6300 and Core 2 Duo E4300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-6300 and Core 2 Duo E4300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1600DDR1, DDR2, DDR3
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon™ HD 8370Dno data
Number of pipelines128no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A4-6300 and Core 2 Duo E4300 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A4-6300 and Core 2 Duo E4300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 11no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A4-6300 and Core 2 Duo E4300.

PCIe version2.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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.

A4-6300 1426
+140%
Core 2 Duo E4300 593

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.

A4-6300 394
+89.4%
Core 2 Duo E4300 208

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.

A4-6300 561
+59.8%
Core 2 Duo E4300 351

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm

A4-6300 has a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

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