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

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

• CPU group
  AMD A6-3000M AMD A6-3000M
• Family
  AMD A AMD A
• Generation
  1 1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  1.5 GHz 1.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  2.4 GHz 2.4 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  11 11
• Execution units
  5 5
• Generation
  3 3
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6520G AMD Radeon HD 6520G
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB 1 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2011 Q2/2011
• Shader
  320 320
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

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.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-3420M and AMD A6-3430MX Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-3420M and AMD A6-3430MX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

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