AMD Athlon X4 530 vs AMD A6-3600

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 530 and AMD A6-3600 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, 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 - Video Composition (Frames/s).

AMD Athlon X4 530

AMD A6-3600

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 530

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1786 vs 1697

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1786 vs 1697

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3600

2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 909 vs 690

Specifications (specs)
L1 cache	128 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core) vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	909 vs 690

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 530
CPU 2: AMD A6-3600

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

690

909

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1786

1697

Name	AMD Athlon X4 530	AMD A6-3600
PassMark - Single thread mark	690	909
PassMark - CPU mark	1786	1697
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 Athlon X4 530	AMD A6-3600
Essentials
Architecture codename	Kabini	Llano
OPN Tray	AD530XJAH44HM
Place in performance rating	2685	2398
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Launch date		June 2011
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2000 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1024 KB (per core)
L3 cache	None
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4
Die size		228 mm
Maximum frequency		2.1 GHz
Transistor count		1178 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	1
Maximum memory size	16 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM1	FM1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	2.0
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)