AMD Athlon X4 860K vs A8 6600K |
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Released June, 2013
AMD A8 6600K
- 3.9 GHz
- Quad core
- Unlocked
Reasons to buy the A8 6600K
 | Has a built-in GPU Yes |
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| CPUBoss is not aware of any important advantages of the Athlon X4 860K vs the A8 6600K. | |||||||
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| Has a built-in GPU | Yes | vs | No | Somewhat common; A separate graphics adapter is not required | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Athlon X4 860K vs A8 6600K
GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs
Cinebench R10 32-Bit
Cinebench R10 32-Bit (Single Core)
PassMark Data courtesy Passmark
PassMark (Single Core)
Specifications Full list of technical specs
summary | Athlon X4 860K | vs | A8 6600K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.9 GHz | |
| Turbo clock speed | 4 GHz | 4.2 GHz | |
| Cores | Quad core | Quad core | |
| Is unlocked | Yes | Yes | |
features | |||
| Has a NX bit | Yes | Yes | |
| Has virtualization support | Yes | Yes | |
| Instruction set extensions | |||
| SSE4a | |||
| AVX 1.1 | |||
| SSE2 | |||
| F16C | |||
| MMX | |||
| XOP | |||
| AVX | |||
| SSE3 | |||
| SSE | |||
| BMI1 | |||
| AMD64 | |||
| SSE4.1 | |||
| FMA4 | |||
| FMA3 | |||
| SSE4.2 | |||
| ABM | |||
| CVT16 | |||
| AMD-V | |||
| Supplemental SSE3 | |||
| AES | |||
| TBM | |||
power consumption | |||
| TDP | 95W | 100W | |
| Annual home energy cost | 22.89 $/year | 24.09 $/year | |
| Annual commercial energy cost | 83.22 $/year | 87.6 $/year | |
| Performance per watt | 9.83 pt/W | 5.07 pt/W | |
| Typical power consumption | 77.19W | 81.25W | |
details | Athlon X4 860K | vs | A8 6600K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 | |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 4 MB | |
| L2 cache per core | 1 MB/core | 1 MB/core | |
| Manufacture process | 28 nm | 32 nm | |
overclocking | |||
| Overclocked clock speed | 4.37 GHz | 4.65 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Water) | 4.45 GHz | 4.63 GHz | |
| Overclocked clock speed (Air) | 4.37 GHz | 4.65 GHz | |
integrated graphics | |||
| GPU | None | GPU | |
| Label | N/A | Radeon™ HD 8570D | |
| Latest DirectX | N/A | 11.0 | |
| GPU clock speed | N/A | 844 MHz | |
memory controller | |||
| Memory controller | Built-in | Built-in | |
| Memory type | |||
| DDR3-1866 | |||
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