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    AMD Phenom II X4 840 vs AMD A4-5300

    AMD Phenom II X4 840
    AMD Socket AM3DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2011
    AMD Phenom II X4 840
    AMD A4-5300
    AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
    3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Oct 2012
    AMD A4-5300

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD Phenom II X4 840
      148%
    • AMD A4-5300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD Phenom II X4 840
      100%
    • AMD A4-5300
      108%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD Phenom II X4 840
      204%
    • AMD A4-5300
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD Phenom II X4 840

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 104% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

    Reasons to consider AMD A4-5300

    8% higher single threaded performance.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Phenom II X4 840.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD Phenom II X4 840

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD Phenom II X4 840

    Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD A4-5300
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    NX bit
    AMD Virtualization
    CnQ
    AMD-V

    Architecture

    AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD A4-5300
    ArchitectureAMD K10vsAMD Piledriver
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenamePropusvsTrinity
    Release DateJan 2011vsOct 2012

    Cores

    AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD A4-5300
    Cores4vs2
    Threads4vs2
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon HD 7480D

    Cache

    AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD A4-5300
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

    Physical

    AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD A4-5300
    SocketAMD Socket AM3vsAMD Socket FM2
    Max Case Tempunknownvs70°C
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size169mm²vs246mm²
    Process45 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD Phenom II X4 840AMD A4-5300
    Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3400 MHz
    Turbo Clocknonevs3600 MHz
    Base Clock200 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.4 Vvs1.475 V
    TDP95 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Phenom II X4 840
      2016 points
    • AMD A4-5300
      2196 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD Phenom II X4 840
      8064 points
    • AMD A4-5300
      3401 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD Phenom II X4 840
      5504
    • AMD A4-5300
      2694

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD Phenom II X4 840
      1627
    • AMD A4-5300
      1767

    points - higher is better

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