AMD A4-6300 vs AMD Athlon II X2 260u

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-6300 and AMD Athlon II X2 260u processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-6300

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
• Around 117% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm SOI vs 45 nm
• Around 96% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1404 vs 716
• 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1425 vs 713

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 260u

• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
• 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1119 vs 440
• 2.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1882 vs 696

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-6300
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X2 260u

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1404 716
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1425 713
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	440 1119
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	696 1882

Compare specifications (specs)