C-60 vs A6-4400M

Place in the ranking	2764	3219
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD C-Series
Power efficiency	1.73	2.10
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	22 August 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-4400M and C-60 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	1 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	1.33 GHz
L1 cache	96 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	40 nm
Die size	246 mm²	75 mm²
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-4400M and C-60 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	FS1r2	FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-4400M and C-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V, Radeon HD 6290 (276-400 MHz)
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-4400M and C-60 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-4400M and C-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown

DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7520G (496 - 685 MHz)

AMD Radeon HD 6290

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6-4400M 0.64
+220%

C-60 0.20

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A6-4400M 1010
+220%

C-60 316

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A6-4400M 318
+318%

C-60 76

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A6-4400M 404
+193%

C-60 138

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A6-4400M 2292
+199%

C-60 768

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A6-4400M 3407
+130%

C-60 1483

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A6-4400M 1804
+140%

C-60 753

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A6-4400M 46.82
+84%

C-60 86.15

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A6-4400M 1
+157%

C-60 0

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

A6-4400M 0.8
+281%

C-60 0.21

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.64	0.20
Integrated graphics card	0.82	0.27
Recency	15 May 2012	22 August 2011
Chip lithography	32 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	9 Watt

A6-4400M has a 220% higher aggregate performance score, 203.7% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 months, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

C-60, on the other hand, has 288.9% lower power consumption.

The A6-4400M is our recommended choice as it beats the C-60 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-4400M and C-60, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.