AMD A6-3670K vs AMD A8-3500M. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  AMD A AMD A
• Generation
  1 1
• CPU group
  AMD A6-3000 AMD A6-3000M

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.70 GHz 1.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Turbo (4 Cores)
  No turbo 2.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 6530D AMD Radeon HD 6620G
• GPU frequency
  0.44 GHz 0.44 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  5 5
• Shader
  320 400
• Max. GPU Memory
  1 GB 1 GB
• Max. displays
  0 2
• Generation
  3 3
• DirectX Version
  11 11
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2010 Q2/2011

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A8-3500M and AMD A6-3670K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1333
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-3670K and AMD A8-3500M to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  100 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-3670K and AMD A6-3670K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE3, SSE4a SSE3, SSE4a
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Llano (K10) Llano (K10)
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  FM1 FS1
• Release date
  Q4/2011 Q2/2011