Athlon II M340 vs E2-3000M

Aggregate performance score

E2-3000M
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.42
Athlon II M340
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.51
+21.4%

Athlon II M340 outperforms E2-3000M by a significant 21% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing E2-3000M and Athlon II M340 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29712871
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD E-SeriesAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency1.141.38
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)Caspian (2009)
Release date20 December 2011 (12 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

E2-3000M and Athlon II M340 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rateno data3200 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)128 KB
L2 cache512K (per core)1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size228 mm2no data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on E2-3000M and Athlon II M340 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 configuration1no data
SocketFS1Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by E2-3000M and Athlon II M340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE4.1/2, 3DNow, Radeon HD 6380GMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by E2-3000M and Athlon II M340 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by E2-3000M and Athlon II M340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6380Gno data

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.

E2-3000M 0.42
Athlon II M340 0.51
+21.4%

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.

E2-3000M 668
Athlon II M340 807
+20.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.42 0.51
Recency 20 December 2011 10 September 2009
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm

E2-3000M has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon II M340, on the other hand, has a 21.4% higher aggregate performance score.

The Athlon II M340 is our recommended choice as it beats the E2-3000M in performance tests.


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