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AMD A6-3420M vs AMD A6-3430MX. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q4/2011
AMD A6-3420M
AMD A6-3420M
Released
Q4/2011
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AMD A6-3430MX
AMD A6-3430MX

What's the best choice AMD A6-3420M or AMD A6-3430MX? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD A6-3420M has a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 35 W. Released in Q4/2011.

AMD A6-3430MX has a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 45 W. Released in Q4/2011.

Differences

AMD A6-3420M Reasons to consider
AMD A6-3420M
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1751 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    35 W left arrow 45 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A6-3420M CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1388 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1396 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1231 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    700 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1202 place
AMD A6-3430MX Reasons to consider
AMD A6-3430MX
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1479 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 12% better clock speed

    1.70 GHz left arrow 1.50 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A6-3430MX CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1230 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    776 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    640 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    645 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1172 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD A6-3420M AMD A6-3420M
AMD A6-3430MX AMD A6-3430MX
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    AMD A left arrow AMD A
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    AMD A6-3000M left arrow AMD A6-3000M
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    1.50 GHz left arrow 1.70 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.40 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (4 Cores)
    2.40 GHz left arrow 2.40 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon HD 6520G left arrow AMD Radeon HD 6520G
  • GPU frequency
    0.40 GHz left arrow 0.40 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    5 left arrow 5
  • Shader
    320 left arrow 320
  • Max. GPU Memory
    1 GB left arrow 1 GB
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 3
  • DirectX Version
    11 left arrow 11
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Release date
    Q2/2011 left arrow Q2/2011
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A6-3430MX and AMD A6-3420M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1333 left arrow DDR3-1600
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-3420M and AMD A6-3430MX to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    35 W left arrow 45 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-3420M and AMD A6-3420M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V
  • ISA extensions
    SSE3, SSE4a left arrow SSE3, SSE4a
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Llano (K10) left arrow Llano (K10)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Socket
    FS1 left arrow FS1
  • Release date
    Q4/2011 left arrow Q4/2011

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD A6-3420M and AMD A6-3430MX.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
256
AMD A6-3420M
256
AMD A6-3430MX
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D
1.95
AMD A6-3420M
2.24
AMD A6-3430MX
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
2084
AMD A6-3420M
2277
AMD A6-3430MX

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