AMD A8-6600K vs AMD FX-9830P

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1366 points
0.29% slightly better overall score
1362 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2599 points
0.97% slightly better gaming score
2574 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1031 points
Identical
1031 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

989 points
990 points
0.10% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the A8-6600K and the FX-9830P? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1128 points
1621 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

468 points
636 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1081 points
1465 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

453 points
613 points
35% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.9 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
3 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24.26 MiB
1113% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

848th of 1,089
849th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops
-

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

A8-6600K vs FX-9830P comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the A8-6600K is faster than the FX-9830P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9830P in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-9830P has significantly more cores than the A8-6600K. Indeed, the FX-9830P has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-6600K. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-6600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-9830P. The info from our database shows that the A8-6600K has more L2 cache than the FX-9830P

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 A8-6600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons