AMD A6-5400K vs AMD Athlon II X4 610e

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-5400K and AMD Athlon II X4 610e 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 - 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 A6-5400K

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
• Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
• Around 50% higher clock speed: 3.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
• 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
• Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1269 vs 1037

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X4 610e

• Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
• Around 54% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1964 vs 1275
• 3.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1499 vs 427
• 6.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 4263 vs 641

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-5400K
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X4 610e

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1269 1037
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1275 1964
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	427 1499
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	641 4263

Compare specifications (specs)