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A6-3600 APU

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Release date ≈ Q3 2014.

Average Bench: 41.9% (1012th of 1442)

Based on 1,250 user benchmarks.  Device: 178BFBFF00300F10 Model: AMD A6-3600 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Poor: 33%Average: 41.9% Great: 47%
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

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Below average average bench

The AMD A6-3600 APU averaged 58.1% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Memory Latency 62.9Pts
Avg. Single Core Speed 33.4Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the AMD A6-3600 APU is just 13.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the AMD A6-3600 APU performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 126Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 125Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,250 samples)
Rank 101241.9%
Min Avg Max
48.7 Memory 62.9 71.9
27.5 1-Core 33.4 37.2
47.3 2-Core 65.9 72.6
36% 54.1 Pts
Min Avg Max
75.1 4-Core 123 139
85.3 8-Core 125 139
16.5% 124 Pts
Min Avg Max
85.5 64-Core 126 141
7.8% 126 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
43.9% Average
Memory 70.2
1-Core 35.4
2-Core 68.2
39% 57.9 Pts
4-Core 104
8-Core 114
14% 109 Pts
64-Core 107
7% 107 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
43.1% Average
Memory 65.9
1-Core 33.4
2-Core 67
37% 55.4 Pts
4-Core 120
8-Core 122
16% 121 Pts
64-Core 121
8% 121 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
42.6% Average
Memory 67.6
1-Core 30.8
2-Core 55.8
36% 51.4 Pts
4-Core 103
8-Core 111
14% 107 Pts
64-Core 111
7% 111 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
41.4% Average
Memory 65.6
1-Core 33.2
2-Core 66.2
37% 55 Pts
4-Core 101
8-Core 112
14% 106 Pts
64-Core 118
7% 118 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
38.6% Below average
Memory 60.6
1-Core 31.8
2-Core 61.3
34% 51.2 Pts
4-Core 97.1
8-Core 107
13% 102 Pts
64-Core 106
7% 106 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
34.5% Below average
Memory 51
1-Core 35.2
2-Core 69.1
33% 51.8 Pts
4-Core 105
8-Core 113
14% 109 Pts
64-Core 108
7% 108 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
33% Below average
Memory 48
1-Core 33.4
2-Core 63.1
31% 48.2 Pts
4-Core 104
8-Core 111
14% 108 Pts
64-Core 108
7% 108 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg)
21.1% Poor
Memory 34
1-Core 26.8
2-Core 42.9
22% 34.6 Pts
4-Core 46.1
8-Core 75.2
7% 60.6 Pts
64-Core 85.4
5% 85.4 Pts
P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
13.3% Very poor
Memory 9.14
1-Core 31.3
2-Core 60.9
17% 33.8 Pts
4-Core 96.1
8-Core 123
14% 110 Pts
64-Core 116
7% 116 Pts
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Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 3%
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System: HP p7-1154

CPU
A6-3600 APUAMDBench 42%, 1,250 samples21x
GPU
Radeon HD 6530DAMDBench 3%, 4,675 samples11x
Radeon HD 6530D GraphicsAMDBench 3%, 311 samples2x
R9 270XAMD  $199Bench 27%, 77,943 samples1x
SSD
SSD 240GBBench 75%, 38,401 samples1x
X3 120GBTcsunbowBench 72%, 1,572 samples1x
CS90 0 120GB SSDPNYBench 61%, 423 samples1x
RAM
RMR1870EF48E8W1333 Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 6GBRAMAXELBench 27%, 11 samples2x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 49%, 28,220 samples1x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples1x
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Quite a weak CPU at workstation stuff.

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