AMD Athlon II X2 340 vs AMD Ryzen 3 1300X

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD Athlon II X2 340		AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
CPU comparison AMD Athlon II X2 340 or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD Athlon II X2 340 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 340 was released in Q4/2012. The AMD Ryzen 3 1300X has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 1300X was released in Q1/2017.

AMD Athlon II (52)	Family	AMD Ryzen 3 (33)
AMD Athlon II X2 (Trinity) (1)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 1000 (15)
3	Generation	1
Trinity	Architecture	Summit Ridge (Zen)
Desktop / Server	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	AMD Ryzen 3 2300X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD Athlon II X2 340 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.20 GHz (3.60 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 3 1300X has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (3.90 GHz).
AMD Athlon II X2 340	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
2	Cores	4
2	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
3.20 GHz	Frequency	3.40 GHz
3.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.90 GHz
3.60 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD Athlon II X2 340	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
	Technology
	Max. displays
--	Compute units	--
--	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
--	DirectX Version	--

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
no iGPU	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The AMD Athlon II X2 340 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 3 1300X can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD Athlon II X2 340	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
DDR3-1600	Memory	DDR4-2666
	Max. Memory	64 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	42.7 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	2.00 MB
1.00 MB	L3 Cache	8.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	19.7 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD Athlon II X2 340 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 3 1300X is 65 W.
AMD Athlon II X2 340	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	65 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	95 °C
Technical details The AMD Athlon II X2 340 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 3 1300X cache has a total of 10.00 MB.
AMD Athlon II X2 340	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X
32 nm	Technology	14 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FM2	Socket	AM4 (PGA 1331)
AMD-V	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
No	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q4/2012	Release date	Q1/2017
30 $	Release price	135 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 340 (53%)

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD Athlon II X2 340 (21%)

AMD Ryzen 3 1300X (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	1300 (19%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	6960 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	77 (53%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	146 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	126 (23%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	553 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	896 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	2975 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	1120 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	3202 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz	360 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 4C 4T @ 3.60 GHz	1357 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD Athlon II X2 340 2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 3 1300X 4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz	1594 (100%)

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