Athlon II P340 vs Pentium Dual T4300

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T4300
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.78
+73.3%
Athlon II P340
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.45

Pentium Dual Core T4300 outperforms Athlon II P340 by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Athlon II P340 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking26422950
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency2.111.70
Architecture codenamePenryn (2008−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date1 April 2009 (15 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Athlon II P340 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 speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size107 mm2no data
Number of transistors410 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Athlon II P340 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
SocketPS1g4
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Athlon II P340. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVM
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Athlon II P340. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no 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.

Pentium Dual T4300 0.78
+73.3%
Athlon II P340 0.45

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.

Pentium Dual T4300 1232
+73.5%
Athlon II P340 710

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium Dual T4300 2242
+18.3%
Athlon II P340 1895

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Pentium Dual T4300 4057
+11.2%
Athlon II P340 3648

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Pentium Dual T4300 1825
+1.4%
Athlon II P340 1801

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Pentium Dual T4300 39
Athlon II P340 34.8
+12.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.78 0.45
Recency 1 April 2009 4 October 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 25 Watt

Pentium Dual T4300 has a 73.3% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon II P340, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 40% lower power consumption.

The Pentium Dual Core T4300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II P340 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T4300 and Athlon II P340, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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