AMD A8 6600K 

Released June, 2013
  • 3.9 GHz
  • Quad core
  • Unlocked
7.5 Out of 10

The A8-6600K would be the top A8 series Elite APU which would feature an improved Piledriver x86 architecture along with the latest Radeon HD 8000 cores.
by hassan-mujtaba (May, 2013)
The core clock would be maintained at 3.9 GHz while boost clock would be set as high upto 4.2 GHz.
by hassan-mujtaba (May, 2013)

CPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the AMD A8 6600K among desktop CPUs (over 75W)

Performance

Benchmark performance using all cores
A8 6600K
5.7
FX 6300
5.7
Core i5 3570K
7.1
PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated, PassMark and 1 more

Single-core Performance

Individual core benchmark performance
A8 6600K
5.6
FX 6300
5.4
Core i5 3570K
8.2
PassMark (Single Core), Geekbench 3 Single Core and 1 more

Integrated Graphics

Integrated GPU performance for graphics
A8 6600K
5.9
FX 6300
0.0
Core i5 3570K
4.9
Fire Strike

Integrated Graphics (OpenCL)

Integrated GPU performance for parallel computing
A8 6600K
4.7
FX 6300
0.0
Core i5 3570K
4.8
CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 4 more

Performance per Watt

How efficiently does the processor use electricity?
A8 6600K
7.2
FX 6300
5.3
Core i5 3570K
9.1
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more

Value

Are you paying a premium for performance?
A8 6600K
n.d.
FX 6300
6.5
Core i5 3570K
6.9
Fire Strike, CompuBench 1.5 Bitcoin mining and 11 more
7.5

CPUBoss Score

Combination of all six facets
A8 6600K
7.5
FX 6300
5.1
Core i5 3570K
8.4

Benchmarks Real world tests of the AMD A8 6600K

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

A8 6600K
45.24 mHash/s
Core i5 3570K
11.75 mHash/s
FX 6300
n.d.

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

A8 6600K
0.7 fps
Core i5 3570K
1.23 fps
FX 6300
n.d.

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

A8 6600K
2,878
Core i5 3570K
2,999
FX 6300
n.d.

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

A8 6600K
2,836
Core i5 3570K
2,138
FX 6300
n.d.

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

A8 6600K
5,091
Core i5 3570K
5,791
FX 6300
n.d.

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

A8 6600K
6,071
Core i5 3570K
10,311
FX 6300
7,871

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

A8 6600K
2,132
Core i5 3570K
3,213
FX 6300
2,053

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

A8 6600K
2,330,000 MB/s
Core i5 3570K
2,650,000 MB/s
FX 6300
2,290,000 MB/s

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

Clock speed 3.9 GHz
Turbo clock speed 4.2 GHz
Cores Quad core
Is unlocked Yes

features

Has a NX bit Yes
Has virtualization support Yes
Instruction set extensions
  1. ABM
  2. AES
  3. AMD-V
  4. AMD64
  5. AVX
  6. AVX 1.1
  7. BMI1
  8. CVT16
  9. F16C
  10. FMA3
  11. FMA4
  12. MMX
  13. SSE
  14. SSE2
  15. SSE3
  16. SSE4.1
  17. SSE4.2
  18. SSE4a
  19. Supplemental SSE3
  20. TBM
  21. XOP
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes

power consumption

TDP 100W
Annual home energy cost 24.09 $/year
Annual commercial energy cost 87.6 $/year
Performance per watt 5.07 pt/W
Typical power consumption 81.25W

details

Architecture x86-64
Threads 4 threads
L2 cache 4 MB
L2 cache per core 1 MB/core
L3 cache None
Manufacture process 32 nm
Max CPUs 1
Operating temperature Unknown - 74°C

overclocking

Overclocked clock speed 4.65 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 4.63 GHz
PassMark (Overclocked) 3,459.4
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 4.65 GHz

integrated graphics

GPU GPU
Label Radeon™ HD 8570D
Latest DirectX 11.0
GPU clock speed 844 MHz

memory controller

Memory controller Built-in
Memory type DDR3-1866
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Comments

Showing 9 comments.
anonymous (12:41 PM, July 19, 2017)
if you're looking for a good cpu with decent intergrated graphics and cheap, this is decent however there are many better cpus if you're paring with a gpu (btw I do know im 3 years to this question XD)
Michael De Santa (10:52 PM, January 13, 2016)
nope sucksssssssss
Michael De Santa (11:28 PM, December 16, 2015)
this processor sucks trust me , i tried it my self....sooooo full of crap
Dean (07:01 AM, September 21, 2015)
It wouldn't be crossfire, it would be amd dual graphics. I have it done with a hd7750, which is supposed to be the highest but you could try it, you need to go into bios and set your on-board graphics card to these settings. in gfx configuration set primary to Nb pci-e slot Integrated graphics to Force Uma frame buffer to 2gb (to get the best out of it) The most important thing is, you need a power supply 500w or better that is compatible with Amd crossfire and dual graphics. I went with a 600w to be safe the higher wattage psu is better because then you have ample power to run everything with no strain on the psu
Lucas Lira (03:13 AM, September 29, 2014)
AMD a8 6600k is good?
Stormdrain (12:31 AM, February 3, 2014)
Wtf, 4.86 GHz on water? Mines running 4.8 on air, all four cores... ಠ_ಠ
Christ0ph3r (04:19 AM, November 17, 2013)
i never did install drivers for my AMD 8570D, i just went straight and installed an EVGA GTX 650.... was that bad?
Christ0ph3r (04:19 AM, November 17, 2013)
as far as i know a radeon hd 7750 is the highest you can crossfire with it.
Guest (05:10 PM, October 19, 2013)
Can I do crossfire with my hd 7850? because the a8 6600k have an 8570d graphics processor
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