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AMD A6-3400M vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q2/2011
AMD A6-3400M
AMD A6-3400M
Released
Q3/2019
Overall score
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

What's the best choice AMD A6-3400M or AMD Ryzen 5 3600? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD A6-3400M has a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 35 W. Released in Q2/2011.

AMD Ryzen 5 3600 has a maximum frequency of 3.60 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q3/2019.

Differences

AMD A6-3400M Reasons to consider
AMD A6-3400M
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1697 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    35 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A6-3400M CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1402 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1422 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1226 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    861 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    811 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    723 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1222 place
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    340 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 61% better clock speed

    3.60 GHz left arrow 1.40 GHz
  • More number of cores

    About 1.5 times more cores

    6 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 45 % better overclocked clock speed

    4.20 GHz left arrow 2.30 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 3600 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    212 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    185 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    183 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    191 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    141 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    195 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    369 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    409 place
  • Monero Hashrate kH/s
    39 place
  • Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
    127 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    297 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD A6-3400M AMD A6-3400M
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
CPU family and group

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

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    AMD A left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    1 left arrow 3
  • CPU group
    AMD A6-3000M left arrow AMD Ryzen 3000
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow AMD Ryzen 5 2600
CPU Technical specs

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
    1.40 GHz left arrow 3.60 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 6
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.30 GHz left arrow 4.20 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 12
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

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 6520G left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU frequency
    0.40 GHz left arrow
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    5 left arrow
  • Shader
    320 left arrow
  • Max. GPU Memory
    1 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow
  • Generation
    3 left arrow
  • DirectX Version
    11 left arrow
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow
  • Release date
    Q2/2011 left arrow
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and AMD A6-3400M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1333 left arrow DDR4-3200
  • Max. Memory
    left arrow 128 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    left arrow 4.0
  • PCIe lanes
    left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A6-3400M and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    35 W left arrow 65 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A6-3400M and AMD A6-3400M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE3, SSE4a left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 32.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Llano (K10) left arrow Matisse (Zen 2)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    FS1 left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q2/2011 left arrow Q3/2019

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD A6-3400M and AMD Ryzen 5 3600.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

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
234
AMD A6-3400M
1183
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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
726
AMD A6-3400M
6821
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
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
1964
AMD A6-3400M
17877
AMD Ryzen 5 3600

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