A4-5300B vs Athlon II Neo K345
Primary details
Comparing Athlon II Neo K345 and A4-5300B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 2617 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Athlon II Neo | no data |
| Power efficiency | no data | 1.14 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Trinity (2012−2013) |
| Release date | 18 December 2010 (13 years ago) | 2 October 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon II Neo K345 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 | no data | 3.4 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.4 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 2000 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 70 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon II Neo K345 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 | FM2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II Neo K345 and A4-5300B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, PowerNow, HyperTransport 3.0 | no data |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II Neo K345 and A4-5300B are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II Neo K345 and A4-5300B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 December 2010 | 2 October 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 12 Watt | 65 Watt |
Athlon II Neo K345 has 441.7% lower power consumption.
A4-5300B, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Athlon II Neo K345 and A4-5300B. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Athlon II Neo K345 is a notebook processor while A4-5300B is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II Neo K345 and A4-5300B, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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