AMD A4-3400 vs Intel Core i7-3970X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A4-3000 Intel Core i 3000X
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition
• Generation
  1 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

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

• Base Frequency
  2.7 GHz 3.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 6
• CPU Threads
  2 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 4 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 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 -
• Execution units
  2 -
• Generation
  3 -
• GPU Frequency
  600 MHz -
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6410D no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB -
• Release date
  Q4/2010 -
• Shader
  160 -
• Technology
  32 nm -

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-3970X and AMD A4-3400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A4-3400 and Intel Core i7-3970X 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)
  65 W 150 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A4-3400 and Intel Core i7-3970X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Llano (K10) Sandy Bridge E
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  1 MB 15 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2011 Q4/2012
• Socket
  FM1 LGA 2011
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d (C2 Stepping)