AMD A6-3600 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The AMD A6-3600 has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 1. gen of the AMD A series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FM1 socket and was released in Q3/2011.
| Name: | AMD A6-3600 |
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| Family: | AMD A (112) |
| CPU group: | AMD A6-3000 (5) |
| Architecture: | Llano (K10) |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 1 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The AMD A6-3600 has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A6-3600 is 2.10 GHz (2.40 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 4 / 4 |
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| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 4x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
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| Overclocking: | Yes |
| Frequency: | 2.10 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 2.40 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): | 2.40 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The AMD A6-3600 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the AMD A6-3600 uses the AMD Radeon HD 6530D, which has 320 texture shaders and 5 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | AMD Radeon HD 6530D |
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| GPU frequency: | 0.44 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Compute units: | 5 |
| Shader: | 320 |
| Hardware Raytracing: | No |
| Release date: | Q4/2010 |
| Max. displays: | 0 |
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| Generation: | 3 |
| Direct X: | 11 |
| Technology: | 32 nm |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 1 GB |
| Frame Generation: | No |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | No |
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| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | No |
| h264: | Decode |
| VP8: | No |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
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| AVC: | Decode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| DDR3-1600 | 25.6 GB/s |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The AMD A6-3600 is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 4.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 32 nm |
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| Chip design: | |
| Socket: | FM1 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 4.00 MB |
| AES-NI: | No |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux |
| Virtualization: | AMD-V |
|---|---|
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE3, SSE4a |
| Release date: | Q3/2011 |
| Release price: | 75 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
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