Athlon II M300 vs A10-6700

Primary details

Comparing A10-6700 and Athlon II M300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1933	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Athlon II
Power efficiency	2.85	no data
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-6700 and Athlon II M300 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.3 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3200 MHz
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	71 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A10-6700 and Athlon II M300 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	no data
Socket	FM2	Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-6700 and Athlon II M300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	AVX	-
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-6700 and Athlon II M300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-6700 and Athlon II M300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1866	DDR2
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-6700 and Athlon II M300 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-6700 and Athlon II M300 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX

DirectX® 11

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-6700 and Athlon II M300.

PCIe version

2.0

no 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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 June 2013	10 September 2009
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

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