AMD A6-3420M - CPU Specs

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Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family

CPU group
AMD A6-3000M
Family
AMD A
Generation
1
Name
AMD A6-3420M
Predecessor
—
Segment
Mobile
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
—
B-Core
—
Base Frequency
1.5 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
normal
CPU Cores
4
CPU Threads
4
Hyperthreading / SMT
No
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
2.4 GHz
Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
2.4 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
11
Execution units
5
Generation
3
GPU Frequency
400 MHz
GPU name
AMD Radeon HD 6520G
GPU Turbo
No turbo
Max. displays
2
Max. GPU Memory
1 GB
Release date
Q2/2011
Shader
320
Technology
32 nm

Hardware codec support

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

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
—
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR3-1333
PCIe lanes
—
PCIe version
—

Encryption

AES-NI
No

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
—
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
35 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Llano (K10)
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE3, SSE4a
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
4.00 MB
Part Number
—
Release date
Q4/2011
Socket
FS1
Technology
32 nm
Virtualization
AMD-V

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A6-3420M CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

1200 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

1141 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

1174 place
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

677 place
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

1022 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks AMD A6-3420M with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

259

AMD A6-3420M

265

Qualcomm Snapdragon 632

263

AMD A4-3330MX

All the benchmark results

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

773

AMD A6-3420M

780

Intel Core i5-2467M

779

Intel Core i3-4020Y

All the benchmark results

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

256 GFLOPS

AMD A6-3420M

260 GFLOPS

Samsung Exynos 980

259 GFLOPS

Intel Core i7-2600K

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D

Higher values are better in this metric.

1.95

AMD A6-3420M

1.95

AMD A8-7100

1.95

Intel Core i3-4030U

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

2084

AMD A6-3420M

2090

Intel Atom x5-Z8550

2090

Intel Atom x7-Z8700

All the benchmark results

Comparable benchmark results are required to suggest performance alternatives.

PL1 is the sustained processor power limit; PL2 is the short-term turbo power limit. They are not measured performance or efficiency.

The values are used to select the optimal cooling system and power supply.

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