AMD A6-6400K vs AMD A10-6800K

AMD A6-6400K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2013
AMD A6-6400K
AMD A10-6800K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
4100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
AMD A10-6800K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%
  • AMD A10-6800K
    172%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%
  • AMD A10-6800K
    133%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-6400K
    100%
  • AMD A10-6800K
    204%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A6-6400K

None

Reasons to consider AMD A10-6800K

Much higher single threaded performance (around 33% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 104% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 72% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD A10-6800K

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD A10-6800K

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD A10-6800K

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A10-6800K

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD A6-6400KAMD A10-6800K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD A6-6400KAMD A10-6800K
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameRichlandvsRichland
Release DateJun 2013vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD A6-6400KAMD A10-6800K
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8470DvsRadeon HD 8670D

Cache

AMD A6-6400KAMD A10-6800K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD A6-6400KAMD A10-6800K
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Temp70°Cvs74°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size246mm²vs246mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A6-6400KAMD A10-6800K
Cpu Frequency3900 MHzvs4100 MHz
Turbo Clock4100 MHzvs4400 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs100 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-6400K
    2501 points
  • AMD A10-6800K
    2684 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-6400K
    3901 points
  • AMD A10-6800K
    8203 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A6-6400K
    3062
  • AMD A10-6800K
    6208

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A6-6400K
    1973
  • AMD A10-6800K
    2185

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A6-6400K
    2654
  • AMD A10-6800K
    4885

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A6-6400K
    3067.5
  • AMD A10-6800K
    3428

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A6-6400K
    5079
  • AMD A10-6800K
    10077

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-6400K
    0.83
  • AMD A10-6800K
    1.14

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A6-6400K
    1.66
  • AMD A10-6800K
    3.61

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-6400K
    88
  • AMD A10-6800K
    100

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A6-6400K
    149
  • AMD A10-6800K
    326

points - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD A6-6400K
    56.9
  • AMD A10-6800K
    111

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD A6-6400K
    11.2
  • AMD A10-6800K
    23.3

FPS - higher is better