Pentium T3400 vs Athlon II N330

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II N330 and Pentium T3400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon II	no data
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	no data
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	1 October 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II N330 and Pentium T3400 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)	no data
Threads	2	no data
Base clock speed	no data	2.16 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	no data
Bus rate	3200 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	no data
L3 cache	no data	1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm
Die size	117.5 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Number of transistors	234 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.075V-1.175V

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II N330 and Pentium T3400 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.

Socket	S1	PPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II N330 and Pentium T3400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization	no data
VirusProtect	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

Athlon II N330 and Pentium T3400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	-
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II N330 and Pentium T3400 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-x	no data	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II N330 and Pentium T3400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	12 May 2010	1 October 2008
Chip lithography	45 nm	65 nm

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