A6-3600 vs Athlon II X3 405e

Place in the ranking	2567	2409
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.58	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Power efficiency	1.76	1.56
Architecture codename	Rana (2009−2011)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	20 October 2009 (15 years ago)	30 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$80	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon II X3 405e and A6-3600 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	3 (Tri-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	3	4
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Die size	169 mm²	228 mm²
Number of transistors	300 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II X3 405e and A6-3600 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	AM3	FM1
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II X3 405e and A6-3600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II X3 405e and A6-3600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Radeon HD 6530D

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon II X3 405e and A6-3600.

PCIe version

2.0

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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.

Athlon II X3 405e 0.87

A6-3600 1.11
+27.6%

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.

Athlon II X3 405e 1331

A6-3600 1697
+27.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.87	1.11
Recency	20 October 2009	30 June 2011
Physical cores	3	4
Threads	3	4
Chip lithography	45 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt

Athlon II X3 405e has 44.4% lower power consumption.

A6-3600, on the other hand, has a 27.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The A6-3600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II X3 405e in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II X3 405e and A6-3600, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.