AMD A6-6420K

The AMD A6-6420K operates with:

CPU Cores 2.

CPU Threads: 2.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: 4.20 GHz base 4.20 GHz all cores.

TDP: 65 W.

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: FM2.

This version includes

1.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 2 memory channels to support DDR3-1866 RAM and features PCIe Gen lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, Richland (Piledriver) Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 32 nm

Virtualization AMD-V.

The product was released on Q1/2014.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

AMD A6-6420K

Family:

AMD A

CPU group:

AMD A6-6000

Predecessor:

Segment:

Desktop / Server

Generation:

Successor:

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

4.00 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

4.20 GHz

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Yes

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

DDR3-1866

PCIe version:

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Yes

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

DDR3-1866

GPU name:

AMD Radeon HD 8470D

GPU frequency:

0.80 GHz

GPU (Turbo):

No turbo

Generation:

DirectX Version:

11.2

Execution units:

Shader:

192

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

32 nm

Release date:

Q2/2013

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

Richland (Piledriver)

L2-Cache:

Virtualization:

AMD-V

L3-Cache:

1.00 MB

Release date:

Q1/2014

Socket:

FM2

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

65 W

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

Intel Core i7-3687U 307 (3%)

Intel Core M-5Y10a 307 (3%)

Intel Core M-5Y10c 307 (3%)

AMD A6-6420K 307 (3%)

AMD A9-9410 307 (3%)

AMD A6-6400K 307 (3%)

Intel Core i3-4025U 304 (3%)

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD A10-7870K 2124 (31%)

AMD A8-7670K 2124 (31%)

Intel Pentium G2030 2120 (31%)

AMD A6-6420K 2118 (31%)

AMD A8-6600K 2107 (30%)

Intel Celeron 3955U 2104 (30%)

AMD A6-5400K 2103 (30%)

Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD Phenom II X2 511 3381 (4%)

AMD Phenom II X2 565 3381 (4%)

AMD Phenom II X2 B59 3381 (4%)

AMD A6-6420K 3376 (4%)

Intel Core i3-4010U 3370 (4%)

AMD A8-6410 3297 (3%)

AMD A6-6400K 3292 (3%)

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

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD Phenom II X2 B53 0.85 (33%)

AMD Phenom II X3 715 0.85 (33%)

AMD Phenom II X3 720 0.85 (33%)

AMD A6-6420K 0.85 (33%)

AMD A6-5350M 0.84 (32%)

AMD A10-7350B 0.83 (32%)

AMD A8-7200P 0.83 (32%)

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

Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

AMD A8-4500M 1.71 (3%)

Intel Celeron G1610T 1.7 (3%)

Intel Celeron N4000 1.7 (3%)

AMD A6-6420K 1.7 (3%)

Intel Celeron J3160 1.67 (3%)

Intel Celeron N3160 1.67 (3%)

Intel Atom x5-Z8500 1.67 (3%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

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Intel Core i3-4010U 2482 (3%)

Intel Celeron G1840T 2480 (3%)

Intel Celeron J3455 2473 (3%)

AMD A6-6420K 2458 (3%)

AMD A6-5200 2452 (3%)

AMD A9-9425 2450 (3%)

Intel Celeron G1620T 2438 (3%)