AMD A8-6600K vs AMD A6-6420K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD A8-6000 AMD A6-6000
• Family
  AMD A AMD A
• Generation
  3 3
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  3.9 GHz 4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.2 GHz 4.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  4.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 4.2 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  11.2 11.2
• Execution units
  4 3
• Generation
  5 5
• GPU Frequency
  840 MHz 800 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 8570D AMD Radeon HD 8470D
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2013
• Shader
  256 192
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A6-6420K and AMD A8-6600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-6600K and AMD A6-6420K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  100 W 65 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-6600K and AMD A6-6420K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Richland (Piledriver) Richland (Piledriver)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 1.00 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2014
• Socket
  FM2 FM2
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V AMD-V