AMD Athlon X4 730 vs AMD A4-6300

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 730 and AMD A4-6300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support. 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 Athlon X4 730

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2278 vs 1428
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
L1 cache 192 KB vs 96 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 2278 vs 1428

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-6300

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1402 vs 937
Specifications (specs)
Launch date June 2013 vs 2 Oct 2012
Maximum frequency 3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1402 vs 937

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 730
CPU 2: AMD A4-6300

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
937
1402
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2278
1428
Name AMD Athlon X4 730 AMD A4-6300
PassMark - Single thread mark 937 1402
PassMark - CPU mark 2278 1428
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 440
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 696
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.112
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2.119
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.1
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 21.25
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2829
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 372
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2829

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 730 AMD A4-6300

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Richland
Launch date 2 Oct 2012 June 2013
Place in performance rating 2315 2303
Family AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD6300OKHLBOX
OPN Tray AD6300OKA23HL
Series AMD A4-Series APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop

Performance

Base frequency 2.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Die size 246 mm² 246 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 96 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm SOI
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 74 °C 70 °C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.9 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 2
Transistor count 1303 million 1178 million
Unlocked
64 bit support
Maximum core temperature 70°C

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 1866 MHz 1600 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3-1600

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM2 FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 2.0 2.0

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® AES New Instructions
PowerGating
PowerNow
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 760 MHz
iGPU core count 128
Number of pipelines 128
Processor graphics AMD Radeon HD 8370D
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 11