AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF vs AMD A6-5400B

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF and AMD A6-5400B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

AMD A6-5400B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 32 nm

Number of cores	6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 32 nm

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF
CPU 2: AMD A6-5400B

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF	AMD A6-5400B
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	3343
PassMark - Single thread mark		1399
PassMark - CPU mark		1451
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		439
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		695
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		601
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		601

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF	AMD A6-5400B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Trinity
Launch date	Q1'2020	October 2012
OPN Tray	YD1600BBAFBOX
Place in performance rating	2383	2412
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	3.2 GHz
L3 cache	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	3.6 GHz	3.6 GHz
Number of cores	6	4
Number of threads	12
64 bit support
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
L2 cache		1024 KB (per core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		70 °C
Transistor count		1178 million
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	39.74 GB/s
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR3
Compatibility
Sockets supported	AM4	FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	20
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)