Core 2 Duo E6600 vs A6-9400

Place in the ranking	2037	2806
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	no data	Core 2 Duo (Desktop)
Power efficiency	2.49	0.84
Architecture codename	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)	Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date	16 March 2019 (5 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-9400 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 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	3.4 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	1066 MHz
L1 cache	160K	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm
Die size	250 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	3,100 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-9400 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 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	AM4	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-9400 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-9400 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-9400 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR4-2400

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Radeon R5

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-9400 and Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600.

PCIe version	3.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	8	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.

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.

A6-9400 1.74
+195%

Core 2 Duo E6600 0.59

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.

A6-9400 2717
+196%

Core 2 Duo E6600 919