AMD A6-4400M vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-4400M and AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, 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 A6-4400M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm
  • 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 125 Watt
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 996 vs 982
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs August 2007
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 996 vs 982

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

  • 2.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1131 vs 1021
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1531 vs 331
  • 5.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2453 vs 484
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 256 KB vs 96 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1131 vs 1021
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1531 vs 331
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2453 vs 484

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-4400M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1021
1131
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
996
982
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
331
1531
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
484
2453
Name AMD A6-4400M AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1021 1131
PassMark - CPU mark 996 982
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 331 1531
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 484 2453
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 123.579
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.28
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 0.585
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2268
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4945
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 496
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2268
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4945

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-4400M AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ BE

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Windsor
Launch date 15 May 2012 August 2007
Place in performance rating 1823 1854
Series AMD A-Series
Vertical segment Laptop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm 230 mm
L1 cache 96 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Transistor count 1303 Million 227 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FS1r2 AM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 125 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)