AMD A6-6310 vs AMD Phenom II X4 P940

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-6310 and AMD Phenom II X4 P940 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 A6-6310

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• Around 41% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 1.7 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
• Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
• Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 742 vs 679
• Around 27% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1674 vs 1319

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 P940

• 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-6310
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 P940

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	742 679
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1674 1319

Compare specifications (specs)