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AMD A8-6600K

AMD AMD A8-6600K

The AMD A8-6600K is a desktop APU from the Richland series. The chip is produced ​​in a 32nm process and integrates 2 modules with 4 CPU cores clocked at 3.9 to 4.2 GHz. Furthermore, the 6600K has a Radeon HD 8570D graphics unit and a DDR3-1866 memory controller. Due to the unlocked multiplier, the CPU can overclock very easily. Compared to the previous Trinity generation A10-5800K, the 6600K offers a similar clocked CPU (100 MHz higher base clock) and slightly slower GPU (less cores more clock rate). Otherwise, only small optimizations regarding power and turbo were made.

The CPU cores are based on a reworked Bulldozer architecture called Piledriver. Although marketed as a quad-core processor, the A8-6600K includes only two modules with four integer-cores and two floating-point units in total. As a result, the CPU is not a true quad-core processor.

Due to the similar core clock speed, the CPU performance of the A8-6600K is on a similar level as the old A10-5800K and therefore on average compareable to a Ivy Bridge Core i3 CPUs. The chip shows good performance on applications with high parallelization, whereas performance per thread is less impressive. For everyday tasks like Office, multimedia applications or Internet surfing, the 6600K is suitable without restrictions; even demanding 3D games are possible if paired with a dedicated graphics card.

The integrated DirectX 11-compatible Radeon HD 8570D offers only 256 of the 384 shader cores of the Richland chip and a core clock of 844 MHz with no Turbo support. 

The power consumption of the entire desktop APU is rated at 100 Watts.

SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)
CodenameRichland

Series: A-Series (Desktop) Richland

AMD A10-6800K compare4.1 - 4.4 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8-6600K « 3.9 - 4.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A6-6400K compare3.9 - 4.1 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock Rate3900 - 4200 MHz
Level 2 Cache4 MB
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 4
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)100 Watt
Transistor Count1303 Million
Manufacturing Technology32 nm
Die Size246 mm2
Max. Temperature74 °C
GPUAMD Radeon HD 8570D (844 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Starting Price$142 U.S.
Announcement Date06/04/2013

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
3.4 Points (4%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
4701 Points (10%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
1351 s (6%)
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Other CPUs of the series A-Series (Desktop)

» AMD A10-6800K
   4x 4.1 GHz - 4.4 GHz
» AMD A10-7850K
   4x 3.7 GHz - 4 GHz
» AMD A10-7700K
   4x 3.4 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» AMD A8-7650K
   4x 3.3 GHz - 3.8 GHz
» AMD A8-6600K
   4x 3.9 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» AMD A10-5800K
   4x 3.8 GHz - 4.2 GHz
» AMD A8-5600K
   4x 3.6 GHz - 3.9 GHz
» AMD A8-3850
   4x 2.9 GHz
» AMD A6-6400K
   2x 3.9 GHz - 4.1 GHz
» AMD A4-5300
   2x 3.4 GHz - 3.6 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core 2 Quad (Desktop) Q9550
   4x 2.83 GHz
+ AMD A10-7850K
   4x 3.7 GHz - 4 GHz
+ AMD A10-7700K
   4x 3.4 GHz - 3.8 GHz
+ AMD A8-7650K
   4x 3.3 GHz - 3.8 GHz
+ Intel Core i3-3220
   2x 3.3 GHz
» AMD A8-6600K
   4x 3.9 GHz - 4.2 GHz
- AMD A10-5800K
   4x 3.8 GHz - 4.2 GHz
- AMD A8-5600K
   4x 3.6 GHz - 3.9 GHz
- AMD A8-3850
   4x 2.9 GHz
- Intel Core 2 Extreme (Desktop) QX6700
   4x 2.67 GHz
- Intel Pentium G4500T
   2x 3 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2017-09- 5)