Apple M4 (8 cores) vs A6-6310
Aggregate performance score
Apple M4 (8 cores) outperforms A6-6310 by a whopping 1133% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2662 | 700 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | Apple M4 |
| Power efficiency | 2.70 | 100.00 |
| Designer | AMD | Apple |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Beema (2014) | no data |
| Release date | 29 April 2014 (11 years ago) | 28 October 2024 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
A6-6310 and M4 (8 cores) 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) | 8 (Octa-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 1.8 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 4 GHz |
| L2 cache | 2048 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 60 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 930 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on A6-6310 and M4 (8 cores) 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 | FT3b | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-6310 and M4 (8 cores). 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 | + | - |
| FMA | FMA4 | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| PowerGating | + | - |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-6310 and M4 (8 cores) are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| IOMMU 2.0 | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-6310 and M4 (8 cores). Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3-1865 | no data |
| Max memory channels | 1 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R4 Graphics | Apple M4 8-core GPU |
| Enduro | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
| UVD | + | - |
| VCE | + | - |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A6-6310 and M4 (8 cores) integrated GPUs.
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by A6-6310 and M4 (8 cores) integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | no data |
| Vulkan | + | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-6310 and M4 (8 cores).
| PCIe version | 2.0 | no data |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.96 | 11.84 |
| Recency | 29 April 2014 | 28 October 2024 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 8 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 3 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 5 Watt |
Apple M4 (8 cores) has a 1133.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 833.3% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.
The Apple M4 (8 cores) is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD A6-6310 in performance tests.
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