A10-6790B vs Ryzen 5 6600U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 6600U and A10-6790B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	742	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)	no data
Power efficiency	65.74	no data
Architecture codename	Rembrandt-U (Zen 3+) (2022)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	January 2022 (2 years ago)	28 October 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 6600U and A10-6790B 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	6 (Hexa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	12	4
Base clock speed	2.9 GHz	4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.5 GHz	4.3 GHz
L1 cache	64K (per core)	192 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	4096 KB
L3 cache	16 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	6 nm	32 nm
Die size	208 mm2	246 mm2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	74 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	no data	1,303 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 6600U and A10-6790B 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	FP7	FM2
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	100 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and A10-6790B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and A10-6790B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and A10-6790B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR5	DDR3-1866
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon 660M	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Number of pipelines	no data	384
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 6600U and A10-6790B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and A10-6790B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

no data

DirectX® 11

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 6600U and A10-6790B.

PCIe version	4.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	20	no data

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	16.29	1.38
Physical cores	6	4
Threads	12	4
Chip lithography	6 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	100 Watt

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