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General information A6-6420K Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q4 2014 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket FM2 LGA775
Series Name AMD A6 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Richland Wolfdale
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 20 %
Cores 2 0 % 2 0 %
Threads 2 0 % 2 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 2 × 16 kB Data
1 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 1 × 1 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance A6-6420K Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 31771 0 % 30055 5.4 %
Future Proof 44 % 0 % 10 % 77.3 %
Benchmark Score 1019 0 % 816 19.9 %
Single Thread Score 1546.8 0 % 1310.4 15.3 %
Encrypting Data 2326.4 MB/s 0 % 1868.5 MB/s 19.7 %
Compressing Data 26.8 MB/s 0 % 26 MB/s 3.3 %
String objects sorting 3492.5 thousand/s 4.1 % 3643.1 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 6 millions/s 40.4 % 10.1 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 10383 millions/s 0 % 5354.9 millions/s 48.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 2609 millions/s 20.6 % 3287.8 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for A6-6420K, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second A6-6420K Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 49.2 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 78.7 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 98.4 FPS 88.2 FPS
Low settings 122.9 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V A6-6420K Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 106.6 FPS 103.6 FPS
High settings 170.6 FPS 165.7 FPS
Medium settings 213.2 FPS 207.1 FPS
Low settings 266.5 FPS 258.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.8 %
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