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AMD A6-5400K: specs and benchmarks
Price now
280$
Games supported
61%
- Interface
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory
- Memory type
- Memory clock speed
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2012
Performance
0.99
Summary
AMD started A6-5400K sales 2 October 2012. This is a Trinity architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a max turbo frequency of 3800 MHz and an unlocked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FM2 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt and a maximum temperature of 70 °C. It supports DDR3 memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at
0.99%
of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.
General info
A6-5400K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 2289 | |
| Value for money | 0.02 | |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | |
| Release date | 2 October 2012 (10 years old) | |
| Current price | $280 | of 15854 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 2 (Dual-core) | |
| Threads | 2 | |
| Base clock speed | 3.6 GHz | of 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | of 6 (Core i9-13900KS) |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | of 36 (Apple M2 Max) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | of 786432 (EPYC 7773X) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 70 °C | of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | |
| Unlocked multiplier | + |
Compatibility
Information on A6-5400K compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M) |
| Socket | FM2 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A6-5400K's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into A6-5400K.
| Integrated graphics card | Radeon HD 7540D |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A6-5400K. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
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.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
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.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
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Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of A6-5400K. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) | 0.02 kh/s |
Relative perfomance
Overall A6-5400K performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.
Intel equivalent
According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to A6-5400K is Core 2 Duo E8500, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 8 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest Intel rivals to A6-5400K:
Similar processors
Here is our recommendation of several processors that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for A6-5400K, according to our PC configuration statistics.
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These are the fastest graphics cards for A6-5400K in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 1397 configurations based on A6-5400K in our database.
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