Ryzen 5 4600U vs A6-7310

Place in the ranking	2042	885
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)
Power efficiency	6.42	32.10
Architecture codename	Carrizo-L (2015)	Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)
Release date	7 May 2015 (9 years ago)	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-7310 and Ryzen 5 4600U 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	2 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	4 GHz
Multiplier	no data	21
L1 cache	no data	128K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	11 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Die size	no data	156 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	105 °C
Number of transistors	930 Million	9800 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+

Compatibility

Information on A6-7310 and Ryzen 5 4600U 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	no data	1
Socket	FP4	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	12-25 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-7310 and Ryzen 5 4600U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT	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	FMA4	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-7310 and Ryzen 5 4600U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-7310 and Ryzen 5 4600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3L-1866	DDR4
Maximum memory size	no data	64 GB
Max memory channels	1	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	68.27 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A6-7310 and Ryzen 5 4600U integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A6-7310 and Ryzen 5 4600U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-7310 and Ryzen 5 4600U.

PCIe version

2.0

3.0

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. 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.

A6-7310 1.76

Ryzen 5 4600U 8.80
+400%

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.

A6-7310 2689

Ryzen 5 4600U 13466
+401%

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.

A6-7310 229

Ryzen 5 4600U 1335
+483%

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.

A6-7310 593

Ryzen 5 4600U 4735
+698%

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

A6-7310 139

Ryzen 5 4600U 1089
+683%

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

A6-7310 45

Ryzen 5 4600U 176
+294%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.76	8.80
Recency	7 May 2015	6 January 2020
Physical cores	4	6
Threads	4	12
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	25 Watt

A6-7310 has 108.3% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 4600U, on the other hand, has a 400% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 4600U is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-7310 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-7310 and Ryzen 5 4600U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.