A8-3800 vs A6-1450

Primary details

Comparing A6-1450 and A8-3800 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2631	2170
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.06
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Architecture codename	Temash (2013)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)	30 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Current price	$207	$40

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A6-1450 and A8-3800 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.4 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm2	228 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A6-1450 and A8-3800 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	1
Socket	FT3	FM1
Power consumption (TDP)	8 - 15 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-1450 and A8-3800. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	no data
AVX	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-1450 and A8-3800 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-1450 and A8-3800. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon HD 8250

AMD Radeon HD 6550D

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A8-3800 outperforms A6-1450 by 94% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.68	1.32
Integrated graphics card	0.56	1.04
Recency	23 May 2013	30 June 2011
Power consumption (TDP)	8 Watt	65 Watt

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