AMD A8-6600K vs AMD FX-4300

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FM2 AMD Socket AM3+
Process size 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 1,200 million
Die size 246 mm² 315 mm²
Package µPGA µPGA
tCaseMax 74°C

Performance

Frequency 3.9 GHz 3.8 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.2 GHz up to 4 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 39.0x 19.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes Yes
Voltage 1.475 V 1.425 V
TDP 100 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status unknown unknown
Release date Jun 1st, 2013 Oct 23rd, 2012
Codename Richland Vishera
Generation A8 FX
Part AD660KWOA44HL FD4300WMW4MHKFD4300WMHKBOX
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon HD 8570D

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 192K
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 4MB
Cache L3 8MB (shared)

Notes

Notes This processor comes with an unlocked base clock multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking. 16KB L1 data cache per core. 64KB L1 instruction cache shared per two cores (per module). 2MB L2 cache shared per two cores (per module). This processor comes with an unlocked multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than the shipped

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES Yes
AMD-V Yes Yes
AMD64 Yes Yes
AVX Yes
CLMUL Yes
CVT16 Yes
CnQ Yes
EVP Yes
FMA4 Yes
HT3.1 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Turbo Core Yes
XOP Yes

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