AMD Athlon X4 880K vs AMD A6-6400K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 880K and AMD A6-6400K processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Peripherals, 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 Athlon X4 880K

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 2% higher clock speed: 4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
  • Around 3% higher maximum core temperature: 72.40°C vs 70°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm SOI
  • 2.7x 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 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1633 vs 1443
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3659 vs 1502
  • Around 15% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 550 vs 479
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1718 vs 737
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz vs 4.1 GHz
Maximum core temperature 72.40°C vs 70°C
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm SOI
L1 cache 256 KB vs 96 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1633 vs 1443
PassMark - CPU mark 3659 vs 1502
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 550 vs 479
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1718 vs 737

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-6400K

  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 880K
CPU 2: AMD A6-6400K

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1633
1443
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3659
1502
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
550
479
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1718
737
Name AMD Athlon X4 880K AMD A6-6400K
PassMark - Single thread mark 1633 1443
PassMark - CPU mark 3659 1502
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 550 479
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1718 737
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3.797
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.883
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.666
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1741
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3943
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 643
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1741
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3943

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X4 880K AMD A6-6400K

Essentials

Family AMD Athlon Processors AMD A-Series Processors
OPN PIB AD880KXBJCSBX AD640KOKHLBOX
Place in performance rating 2073 2061
Series AMD Athlon X4 AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Richland
Launch date 4 June 2013
OPN Tray AD640KOKA23HL

Performance

Base frequency 4 GHz 3.9 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 96 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm SOI
Maximum core temperature 72.40°C 70°C
Maximum frequency 4.2 GHz 4.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 70 °C
Number of threads 2
Transistor count 1303 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Sockets supported FM2+ FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution Near Silent 125W
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

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

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 800 MHz
iGPU core count 192
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics AMD Radeon HD 8470D
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 11

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 2.0

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0