Ryzen 5 6600H vs A6-3400M
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 5 6600H outperforms A6-3400M by a whopping 1429% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing A6-3400M and Ryzen 5 6600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2710 | 704 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+) |
| Power efficiency | 2.07 | 24.59 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Llano (2011−2012) | Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+) (2022) |
| Release date | 14 June 2011 (13 years ago) | January 2022 (3 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A6-3400M and Ryzen 5 6600H 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) | 6 (Hexa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Base clock speed | 1.4 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 16 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 6 nm |
| Die size | 228 mm2 | 208 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 95 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on A6-3400M and Ryzen 5 6600H 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 | FS1 | FP7 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-3400M and Ryzen 5 6600H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-3400M and Ryzen 5 6600H are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-3400M and Ryzen 5 6600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR5 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 6520G (400 MHz) | AMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-3400M and Ryzen 5 6600H.
| PCIe version | no data | 4.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 20 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.76 | 11.62 |
| Integrated graphics card | 0.67 | 7.08 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 6 |
| Threads | 4 | 12 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 6 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
A6-3400M has 28.6% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 5 6600H, on the other hand, has a 1428.9% higher aggregate performance score, 956.7% faster integrated GPU, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 433.3% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A6-3400M in performance tests.
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