AMD Athlon X4 970 vs AMD A10-6800K

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 970 and AMD A10-6800K 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 970

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
• 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
• Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1700 vs 1603
• Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3811 vs 3210

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-6800K

• Around 10% higher clock speed: 4.4 GHz vs 4 GHz
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 970
CPU 2: AMD A10-6800K

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1700 1603
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	3811 3210

Compare specifications (specs)