E2-1800 vs A6-3400M

Place in the ranking	2653	3117
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD E-Series
Power efficiency	2.03	1.47
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Zacate (2011−2013)
Release date	14 June 2011 (13 years ago)	6 June 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-3400M and E2-1800 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	1.7 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	40 nm
Die size	228 mm²	75 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-3400M and E2-1800 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	FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-3400M and E2-1800. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G	MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V
PowerNow	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-3400M and E2-1800 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-3400M and E2-1800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 6520G (400 MHz)

AMD Radeon HD 7340

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.

A6-3400M 0.75
+168%

E2-1800 0.28

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.

A6-3400M 1191
+165%

E2-1800 449

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.

A6-3400M 211
+95.4%

E2-1800 108

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.

A6-3400M 522
+188%

E2-1800 181

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A6-3400M 1512
+36.2%

E2-1800 1110

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A6-3400M 4922
+132%

E2-1800 2121

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A6-3400M 2135
+97.2%

E2-1800 1083

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A6-3400M 26
+166%

E2-1800 69.05

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A6-3400M 2
+178%

E2-1800 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.75	0.28
Integrated graphics card	0.78	0.40
Recency	14 June 2011	6 June 2012
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	18 Watt

A6-3400M has a 167.9% higher aggregate performance score, 95% faster integrated GPU, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

E2-1800, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and 94.4% lower power consumption.

The A6-3400M is our recommended choice as it beats the E2-1800 in performance tests.

Be aware that A6-3400M is a notebook processor while E2-1800 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-3400M and E2-1800, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.