i3-9100F vs Athlon II M340
Aggregate performance score
Core i3-9100F outperforms Athlon II M340 by a whopping 730% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3130 | 1580 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 37 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 7.75 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Athlon II | Intel Core i3 |
| Power efficiency | 0.56 | 2.48 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Coffee Lake-R (2018−2019) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) | 23 April 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $122 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
Athlon II M340 and Core i3-9100F 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 4.2 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 3200 MHz | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 36 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 6 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | no data | 126 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 72 °C |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II M340 and Core i3-9100F 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 | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | Socket S1 (S1g3) | FCLGA1151 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M340 and Core i3-9100F. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
Security technologies
Athlon II M340 and Core i3-9100F technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| Identity Protection | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M340 and Core i3-9100F are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M340 and Core i3-9100F. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR2 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II M340 and Core i3-9100F.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.46 | 3.82 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 23 April 2019 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Athlon II M340 has 85.7% lower power consumption.
i3-9100F, on the other hand, has a 730.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Core i3-9100F is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Athlon II M340 in performance tests.
Be aware that Athlon II M340 is a notebook processor while Core i3-9100F is a desktop one.
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