AMD A4-3400 vs AMD Athlon 300U

Let's find out which one of AMD A4-3400 and AMD Athlon 300U is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD A4-3400 AMD Athlon 300U
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD A AMD Athlon
• Generation
  1 6
• CPU group
  AMD A4-3000 AMD Athlon 300

In this block we are going to compare AMD A4-3400 vs AMD Athlon 300U by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  2.70 GHz 2.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 3.30 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo 2.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD A4-3400 and AMD Athlon 300U along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6410D AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics
• GPU frequency
  0.60 GHz 1.00 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  2 3
• Shader
  160 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  3 8
• DirectX Version
  11 12
• Technology
  32 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2010 Q1/2018

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD A4-3400 and AMD Athlon 300U. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD A4-3400 and AMD Athlon 300U you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  32 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  12

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD A4-3400 and AMD Athlon 300U.

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD A4-3400 or AMD Athlon 300U? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 15 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 105 °C

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD A4-3400 and AMD Athlon 300U CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  1.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Llano (K10) Picasso (Zen+)
• Technology
  32 nm 12 nm
• Socket
  FM1 FP5
• Release date
  Q3/2011 Q1/2019

List of devices based on AMD A4-3400 and AMD Athlon 300U.

• Used in
  Unknown Unknown