A4-5300B vs A6-4400M
Aggregate performance score
A4-5300B outperforms A6-4400M by a significant 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing A6-4400M and A4-5300B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2846 | 2691 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD A-Series | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.71 | 1.14 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | Trinity (2012−2013) |
| Release date | 15 May 2012 (12 years ago) | 2 October 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A6-4400M and A4-5300B 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 | 2.7 GHz | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| L1 cache | 96 KB | 128 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (shared) | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 70 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A6-4400M and A4-5300B 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 | FS1r2 | FM2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-4400M and A4-5300B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-4400M and A4-5300B are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-4400M and A4-5300B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | unknown | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 7520G (496 - 685 MHz) | AMD Radeon HD 7480D |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.63 | 0.78 |
| Integrated graphics card | 0.70 | 0.63 |
| Recency | 15 May 2012 | 2 October 2012 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
A6-4400M has 11.1% faster integrated GPU, and 85.7% lower power consumption.
A4-5300B, on the other hand, has a 23.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 4 months.
The AMD A4-5300B is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A6-4400M in performance tests.
Be aware that A6-4400M is a notebook processor while A4-5300B is a desktop one.
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