A8-6600K vs Ryzen 5 1400

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Aggregated performance score

Ryzen 5 1400
2017
4 cores / 8 threads
5.07
+159%

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 159% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 5 1400 and A8-6600K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking11141822
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money14.260.47
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Ryzen 5AMD A-Series (Desktop)
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Richland (2013−2014)
Release date16 March 2017 (7 years old)1 June 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$169$142
Current price$86 (0.5x MSRP)$54 (0.4x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 5 1400 has 2934% better value for money than A8-6600K.

Technical specs

Ryzen 5 1400 and A8-6600K 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/sno data
L1 cache384 KB192 KB
L2 cache2 MB4096 KB
L3 cache8 MB (shared)0 KB
Chip lithography14 nm32 nm
Die size213 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data74 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data74 °C
Number of transistors4800 Million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 1400 and A8-6600K 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketAM4FM2
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 1400 and A8-6600K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTno data
AES-NI+1
FMAno dataFMA4
AVX+AVX
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data-
VirusProtectno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 1400 and A8-6600K are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 1400 and A8-6600K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR3-1866
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card-AMD Radeon HD 8570D
Number of pipelines-256
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-1
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 1400 and A8-6600K integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 1400 and A8-6600K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX-DirectX® 11
Vulkan-no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 1400 and A8-6600K.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanes20no 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.


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.

Ryzen 5 1400 5.07
+159%
A8-6600K 1.96

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 159% based on our aggregated benchmark results.


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%

Ryzen 5 1400 7765
+158%
A8-6600K 3008

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 158% in Passmark.

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: 42%

Ryzen 5 1400 948
+107%
A8-6600K 458

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 107% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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: 42%

Ryzen 5 1400 3101
+180%
A8-6600K 1109

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 180% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Ryzen 5 1400 4205
+30.2%
A8-6600K 3230

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 30% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 1400 17557
+118%
A8-6600K 8040

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 118% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Ryzen 5 1400 6437
+36.9%
A8-6600K 4701

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 37% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

Ryzen 5 1400 7.8
+129%
A8-6600K 17.9

A8-6600K outperforms Ryzen 5 1400 by 129% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Ryzen 5 1400 8
+128%
A8-6600K 3

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 128% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark 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 loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

Ryzen 5 1400 1.53
+59.4%
A8-6600K 0.96

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 59% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 1400 4.1
+116%
A8-6600K 1.9

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 116% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 1400 2758
+6.3%
A8-6600K 2595

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 6% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 1400 147
+38.6%
A8-6600K 106

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 39% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ryzen 5 1400 43
+93.7%
A8-6600K 22

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 94% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

Ryzen 5 1400 10513
+80.6%
A8-6600K 5820

Ryzen 5 1400 outperforms A8-6600K by 81% in Geekbench 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 5.07 1.96
Recency 16 March 2017 1 June 2013
Threads 8 4
Cost $169 $142
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 100 Watt

The Ryzen 5 1400 is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-6600K in performance tests.


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