Athlon 64 X2 5800+ vs A6-6310

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Primary details

Comparing A6-6310 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+ processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2419not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Power efficiency6.66no data
Architecture codenameBeema (2014)Brisbane (2007−2008)
Release date29 April 2014 (10 years ago)April 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-6310 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+ 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3 GHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache2048 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm65 nm
Die size107 mm2126 mm2
Number of transistors930 Million154 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A6-6310 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+ 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 configurationno data1
SocketFT3bAM2
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-6310 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVXno data
AES-NI+-
FMAFMA4-
AVX+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-6310 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-6310 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1865no data
Max memory channels1no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R4 Graphicsno data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-6310 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+ integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-6310 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+ integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-6310 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+.

PCIe version2.0no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

A6-6310 1674
+156%
Athlon 64 X2 5800+ 653

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 89 Watt

A6-6310 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 493.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A6-6310 and Athlon 64 X2 5800+. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A6-6310 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 5800+ is a desktop one.


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