AMD A10-6800K vs Intel Xeon X3440

Compare AMD A10-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1559 points

1566 points

0.45% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2915 points

14% slightly better gaming score

2537 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1183 points

1279 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1134 points

1227 points

8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

13.26 points

32.79 points

147% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1139 points

1233 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

477 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

382 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.1 GHz

61% significantly higher clock speed

2.54 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

50% significantly higher turbo speed

2.93 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

100 W

95 W

5% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB

300% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

797th of 1,089

791st of 1,089

Family

The product line

A10-Series APU for Desktops

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

2009 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

A10-6800K vs Xeon X3440 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon X3440 performs better than the A10-6800K. Despite this, the A10-6800K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon X3440 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A10-6800K that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A10-6800K. Our comparison shows that the A10-6800K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon X3440. Also, the A10-6800K has a significantly higher turbo speed. The Xeon X3440 outputs less heat than A10-6800K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the A10-6800K has more L2 cache than the Xeon X3440

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the A10-6800K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.