summary	Core i3 3217U	A4 4355M
Clock speed	1.8 GHz	1.9 GHz
Cores	Dual core	Dual core
Is unlocked	No	No
features
Has a NX bit	Yes	Yes
Has virtualization support	Yes	Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
AVX 1.1
SSE2
F16C
MMX
XOP
AVX
SSE3
SSE
CLMUL
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
CVT16
AMD-V
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling	Yes	Yes
power consumption
TDP	17W	17W
Annual home energy cost	4.1 $/year	4.1 $/year
Performance per watt	6.98 pt/W	3.03 pt/W
Typical power consumption	13.81W	13.81W

details	Core i3 3217U	A4 4355M
Threads	4	2
L2 cache	0.5 MB	1 MB
L2 cache per core	0.25 MB/core	0.5 MB/core
L3 cache	3 MB	0.5 MB
L3 cache per core	1.5 MB/core	0.25 MB/core
Manufacture process	22 nm	32 nm
Max CPUs	1	1
Clock multiplier	18	19
Operating temperature	Unknown - 105°C	Unknown - 100°C
overclocking
Overclocked clock speed	1.8 GHz	1.9 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water)	1.8 GHz	1.9 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air)	1.8 GHz	1.9 GHz
integrated graphics
GPU	GPU	GPU
Label	Intel® HD Graphics 4000	Radeon™ HD 7400G
Latest DirectX	11.0	11.0
GPU clock speed	350 MHz	327 MHz
Turbo clock speed	1,050 MHz	424 MHz
memory controller
Memory controller	Built-in	Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3L-1333
DDR3RS-1600
DDR3RS-1333
Channels	Dual Channel	Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth	25,600 MB/s	21,333.32 MB/s

Intel Core i3 3217U vs AMD A4 4355M

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