K6-2/333ANZ vs A10-4600M
Primary details
Comparing A10-4600M and K6-2/333ANZ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2331 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | AMD K6-2 |
| Power efficiency | 3.28 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | K6-2 (1998−1999) |
| Release date | 15 May 2012 (12 years ago) | 14 June 1999 (25 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A10-4600M and K6-2/333ANZ basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 0.07 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 95.33 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 3.5 |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 0.25 µm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 81 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 9 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on A10-4600M and K6-2/333ANZ compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | FS1r2 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | no data |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-4600M and K6-2/333ANZ. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-4600M and K6-2/333ANZ are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-4600M and K6-2/333ANZ. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 GB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 7660G (497 - 686 MHz) | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 May 2012 | 14 June 1999 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
A10-4600M has an age advantage of 12 years, and 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads.
We couldn't decide between A10-4600M and K6-2/333ANZ. We've got no test results to judge.
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