AMD A8-6600K Benchmark, Test and specs
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The AMD A8-6600K has 4 cores with 4 threads and is based on the 3. gen of the AMD A series. The processor uses a mainboard with the FM2 socket and was released in Q2/2013.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the AMD A8-6600K. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the AMD A8-6600K. |
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| Name: | AMD A8-6600K |
| Family: | AMD A |
| CPU group: | AMD A8-6000 |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 3 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the AMD A8-6600K can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 4 / 4 |
| Core architecture: | normal |
| Cores: | 4x |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
| Overclocking: | Yes |
| Frequency: | 3.90 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | 4.20 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (4 Cores): | 4.20 GHz |
Internal Graphics
The AMD A8-6600K has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).
| GPU name: | AMD Radeon HD 8570D |
| GPU frequency: | 0.84 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Execution units: | 4 |
| Shader: | 256 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 2 GB |
| Max. displays: | 2 |
| Generation: | 5 |
| Direct X: | 11.2 |
| Technology: | 32 nm |
| Release date: | Q2/2013 |
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 |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | No |
| h264: | Decode |
| VP8: | No |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second. |
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| Memory type: | DDR3-1866 |
| Max. Memory: | |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | -- |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 100 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the AMD A8-6600K as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.
| Technology: | 32 nm |
| Chip design: | |
| Socket: | FM2 |
| L2-Cache: | -- |
| L3-Cache: | 4.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Richland (Piledriver) |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Linux |
| Virtualization: | AMD-V |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 |
| Release date: | Q2/2013 |
| Release price: | 85 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the AMD A8-6600K have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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AMD Athlon II X4 860K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD FX-9830P
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4200U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-940
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240T
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2020
2C 2T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i7-4650U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-8210Y
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C 8T @ 2.45 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3320M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 970
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.|
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Intel Core i3-2120
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X6 1055T
6C 6T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-2640M
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 3.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 2200U
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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AMD A10-9700
4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-3320M
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.|
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Intel Core i7-6700
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6700K
Intel HD Graphics 530 @ 1.15 GHz |
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AMD RX-416GD
AMD Radeon R6 (Merlin Falcon) @ 0.58 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4940MX
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.35 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4930MX
Intel HD Graphics 4600 @ 1.35 GHz |
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AMD A8-6500
AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
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Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 900e
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-5015U
2C 4T @ 2.10 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Atom C2730
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1630
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Celeron J4105
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Intel Celeron G1620
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4000M
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2010
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7020U
2C 4T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X4 860K
4C 4T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3220T
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i3-3250
2C 4T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5550U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-7167U
2C 4T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3245
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD A10-7870K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Pentium G2030
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD A6-6420K
2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD A6-5400K
2C 2T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Celeron J4005
2C 2T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 3 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Intel Core i7-5500U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-5550U
2C 4T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4300M
2C 4T @ 3.30 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4278U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-6560U
2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X4 B97
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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AMD Athlon II X4 760K
4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz |
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AMD Phenom II X2 555
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1610
2C 2T @ 2.60 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2970M
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 3955U
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz |
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AMD A8-7650K
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 11.5 is based on the Cinema 4D Suite, a software that is popular to generate forms and other stuff in 3D. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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AMD FX-4300
4C 4T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-4330T
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4558U
2C 4T @ 3.10 GHz |
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AMD A8-6600K
4C 4T @ 4.20 GHz |
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AMD A10-6790K
4C 4T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3245
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3240
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (SC)
1,618 entries
1,618 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
1,605 entries
1,605 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
716 entries
716 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,830 entries
1,830 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
1,409 entries
1,409 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,096 entries
1,096 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,091 entries
1,091 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
942 entries
942 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
938 entries
938 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
824 entries
824 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
835 entries
835 entries
The AMD A8-6600K is a desktop/server processor with 4 cores and 4 threads and comes from the 3rd generation of the AMD A series, among others it also belongs to the AMD A8-6000 CPU group. The processor uses a motherboard with an FM2 socket and was released in the second quarter of 2013 with a retail price of $85.
The AMD A8-6600K is overclockable but does not support hyperthreading. The base clock frequency is 3.90 GHz, the turbo clock frequency of one core is 4.20 GHz and 4 cores is also 4.20 GHz.
The AMD A8-6600K has an integrated graphics (iGPU) called AMD Radeon HD 8570D, with a clock frequency of 840 MHz, but it does not have a turbo. The integrated graphics are based on 4 units and 256 shaders, with a maximum memory of 2 GB. The AMD Radeon HD 8570D comes from the fifth generation and supports DirectX 11.2. It was manufactured with 32 nm and appeared for the first time in the second quarter of 2013. The AMD A8-6600K can decode h264, AVC, VC-1 and decode and encode JPEG.
The processors memory type is DDR3-1866 with 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-6600K supports AES-NI encryption. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the CPU is 100 W. The L3 cache of the processor is 4.00 MB.
The AMD A8-6600K is compatible with Windows 7, 10 and Linux. The full x86-64 instruction set (ISA) is supported, so the processor is fully 64-bit capable, and it also has the extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4.
In the Geekbench 5 (64-bit, single-core) test, the AMD A8-6600K achieved a total of 537 points and is therefore only slightly below the Intel Core i5-4200U. In Geekbench 5 (64-bit, multi-core), the AMD A8-6600K scores 1,461 points, which is on par with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. The theoretical computing power of the internal graphics unit (single precision) is 432 GigaFLOPS.
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