AMD A6-6400K APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A6-6400K APU can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

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AMD A6-6400K APU

Description:

Class: Desktop

Socket: FM2

Clockspeed: 3.9 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.1 GHz

Cores: 2 (in 1 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 2 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 2 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 2 x 1024 KB

Other names: AMD A6-6400K APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2013

CPUmark/$Price: 20.20

Overall Rank:
3972nd fastest in multithreading out of 5780 CPUs
2819th fastest in single threading out of 5780 CPUs
1138th fastest in out of 1554 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $75.00 USD (2024-05-07)

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1515

Single Thread Rating

1447

Samples: 649*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 2,420
Thread: 1,401

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A6-6400K APU

Integer Math	9,693 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	2,596 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	6 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,196 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	462.8 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	25,587 KBytes/Sec
Physics	141 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	625 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,447 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 11th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A6-6400K APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 10th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 10th of February 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History

CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Desktop CPUs
As of 11th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-14900K		58,451
Intel Core i9-13900K		58,299
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		38,940
Apple M4 10 Core		23,699
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		21,843
Intel Core i5-12400F		19,580
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		18,089
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		17,679
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,639
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
AMD A6-6400K APU		1,515

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 11th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		136.53
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		130.24
Intel Core i9-14900K		124.63
Intel Core i5-12400F		122.38
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		117.87
Intel Core i9-13900K		107.96
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		60.62
AMD A6-6400K APU		20.20
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 11th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core i9-14900K		4,694
Intel Core i9-13900K		4,600
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i5-12400F		3,489
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X		3,467
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X		3,365
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz		2,914
AMD Ryzen 5 3600		2,560
AMD A6-6400K APU		1,447

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A6-6400K APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3241641 - Jan 26 2026		1644
BL3240733 - Jan 25 2026		1644
BL3209060 - Jan 13 2026		1651
BL3097867 - Dec 01 2025		1647
BL3082909 - Nov 25 2025 [Excluded]		1721

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD A6-6400K APU
As of 11th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A6-6400K APU		1,515
Intel Celeron G1630 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,707 (+12.7%)
AMD Athlon II X2 280 vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,384 (-8.7%)
Intel Pentium G2120 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,873 (+23.6%)
Intel Pentium G2030 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,768 (+16.7%)
Intel Pentium G2020 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,702 (+12.4%)
Intel Pentium G870 @ 3.10GHz vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,467 (-3.2%)
AMD A6-5400K APU vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,282 (-15.3%)
AMD A6-7400K APU vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,680 (+10.9%)
Intel Celeron G1830 @ 2.80GHz vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,560 (+3.0%)
AMD A4-6320 APU vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,532 (+1.1%)
Intel Pentium G860 @ 3.00GHz vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,494 (-1.3%)
Intel Pentium G645 @ 2.90GHz vs AMD A6-6400K APU		1,459 (-3.7%)

Is the AMD A6-6400K APU Good for Gaming?
As of 11th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2		14,501
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D		12,424
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D		12,123
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D		11,257
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D		10,794
Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus		10,695
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D		10,516
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K		10,384
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D		10,258
AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D		10,190
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D		9,778
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,772
AMD A6-6400K APU		512

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