AMD A4-6300 vs AMD Athlon II X4 860K

Let's find out which one of AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD A4-6300 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  AMD Athlon II X4 860K AMD A4-6300
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD Athlon II AMD A
• Generation
  1 3
• CPU group
  AMD Athlon II (Kaveri) AMD A4-6000

In this block we are going to compare AMD Athlon II X4 860K vs AMD A4-6300 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  3.70 GHz 3.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.00 GHz 3.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD A4-6300 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  no iGPU AMD Radeon HD 8370D
• GPU frequency
  0.76 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  2
• Shader
  128
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  5
• DirectX Version
  11.2
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013

Let's compare the support of video codecs between AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD A4-6300. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No Decode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No Decode
• VC-1
  No Decode
• JPEG
  No Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD A4-6300 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR3-1866
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD A4-6300.

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for AMD Athlon II X4 860K or AMD A4-6300? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  95 W 65 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD A4-6300 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 1.00 MB
• Architecture
  Kaveri Richland (Piledriver)
• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Socket
  FM2+ FM2
• Release date
  Q4/2014 Q2/2013

List of devices based on AMD Athlon II X4 860K and AMD A4-6300.

• Used in
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