AMD A6-6310 vs Intel Pentium B940

Compare AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops 4 core CPU vs Intel Pentium 2 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

689 points
4% slightly better overall score
660 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1300 points
1389 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

521 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
480 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

500 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
461 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

574 points
627 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

224 points
345 points
54% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

600 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
550 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

228 points
317 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz
2 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
133% significantly lower TDP
35 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

1
2
100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
700% significantly more L2 cache
0.25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,034th of 1,089
1,045th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Desktops
Pentium

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2011 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A6-6310 vs Pentium B940 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A6-6310 is faster than the Pentium B940. Despite this, the Pentium B940 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the A6-6310 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Pentium B940 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Pentium B940. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Pentium B940 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A6-6310. A A6-6310 CPU outputs less heat than a Pentium B940 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the A6-6310 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Pentium B940

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. For instance, the A6-6310 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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