AMD A8-5600K vs AMD A8-6600K

AMD A8-5600K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD A8-5600K
AMD A8-6600K
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3900 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
AMD A8-6600K

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-5600K
    100%
  • AMD A8-6600K
    104%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-5600K
    100%
  • AMD A8-6600K
    105%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-5600K
    100%
  • AMD A8-6600K
    103%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A8-5600K

None

Reasons to consider AMD A8-6600K

5% higher single threaded performance.

No winner

Gaming

No clear winner declared


No winner

Productivity

No clear winner declared



Specifications

Features

AMD A8-5600KAMD A8-6600K
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD A8-5600KAMD A8-6600K
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameTrinityvsRichland
Release DateOct 2012vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD A8-5600KAMD A8-6600K
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7560DvsRadeon HD 8570D

Cache

AMD A8-5600KAMD A8-6600K
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD A8-5600KAMD A8-6600K
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Temp74°Cvs74°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size246mm²vs246mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A8-5600KAMD A8-6600K
Cpu Frequency3600 MHzvs3900 MHz
Turbo Clock3900 MHzvs4200 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvs1.475 V
TDP100 Wvs100 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-5600K
    2379 points
  • AMD A8-6600K
    2562 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-5600K
    7202 points
  • AMD A8-6600K
    7803 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-5600K
    5406
  • AMD A8-6600K
    5794

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-5600K
    2270
  • AMD A8-6600K
    2275

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-5600K
    6315
  • AMD A8-6600K
    6287

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-5600K
    1915
  • AMD A8-6600K
    2049

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A8-5600K
    4295
  • AMD A8-6600K
    4701

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A8-5600K
    2941
  • AMD A8-6600K
    3230

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A8-5600K
    8838
  • AMD A8-6600K
    8040

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5600K
    0.98
  • AMD A8-6600K
    0.96

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5600K
    3.2
  • AMD A8-6600K
    3.41

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5600K
    87
  • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
    95.45

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5600K
    292
  • AMD A8-6600K (simulated)
    310.1

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD A8-5600K
    25.4
  • AMD A8-6600K
    22.8

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD A8-5600K
    16.7
  • AMD A8-6600K
    17.9

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD A8-5600K
    2449
  • AMD A8-6600K
    2595

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD A8-5600K
    102.44
  • AMD A8-6600K
    106

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD A8-5600K
    20.93
  • AMD A8-6600K
    22.2

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD A8-5600K
    1.8
  • AMD A8-6600K
    1.9

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD A8-5600K
    0.36
  • AMD A8-6600K
    0.39

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD A8-5600K
    0.2
  • AMD A8-6600K
    0.21

GB/s