AMD A6-3600 vs AMD Athlon II X4 600e

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-3600 and AMD Athlon II X4 600e processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s).

AMD A6-3600

AMD Athlon II X4 600e

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3600

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Launch date	June 2011 vs October 2009
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 600e

Around 5% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1795 vs 1697

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	913 vs 909
PassMark - CPU mark	1795 vs 1697

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-3600
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 600e

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

909

913

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1697

1795

Name	AMD A6-3600	AMD Athlon II X4 600e
PassMark - Single thread mark	909	913
PassMark - CPU mark	1697	1795
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1373
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3720
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.634
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.334

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6-3600	AMD Athlon II X4 600e
Essentials
Architecture codename	Llano	Propus
Launch date	June 2011	October 2009
Place in performance rating	2374	2380
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$130
Price now		$130.23
Value for money (0-100)		5.55
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	228 mm	169 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core)	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.1 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Transistor count	1178 million	300 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FM1	AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)