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A6-6400K vs. Pentium G3220 CPU Review

We tested two low-cost, dual-core CPUs for desktop PCs: the A6-6400K from AMD and the Pentium G3220 from Intel. Let's see which one of the two is the best pick.

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The Reviewed CPUs

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Reviewed CPUs
  • 3. How We Tested
  • 4. PCMark 8
  • 5. 3DMark
  • 6. Cinebench R15
  • 7. DivX
  • 8. DVDShrink
  • 9. Media Espresso 6.7
  • 10. F1 2013
  • 11. Conclusions

In the tables below, we compare the main features of the CPUs included in our review.

CPU Cores HT IGP Internal Clock Turbo Clock Base Clock Core Tech. TDP Socket Price
A6-6400K 2 No Yes 3.9 GHz 4.1 GHz 100 MHz Richland 32 nm 65 W FM2 USD 53
Pentium G3220 2 No Yes 3.0 GHz – 100 MHz Haswell 22 nm 53 W LGA1150 USD 53

Prices were researched at Newegg.com on the day we published this review. TDP stands for Thermal Design Power and states the maximum amount of heat the CPU can dissipate.

Below you can see the memory configuration for each CPU.

CPU L2 Cache L3 Cache Memory Support Memory Channels
A6-6400K 1 MiB – Up to DDR3-1866 Two
Pentium G3220 2 x 256 kiB 3 MiB Up to DDR3-1333 Two

Below we have a quick comparison of the video engine of the CPUs.

CPU Video Engine DirectX Clock Cores
A6-6400K Radeon HD 8470D 11.0 800 MHz 192
Pentium G3220 Intel HD 11.1 350 MHz/1100 MHz 10
Continue: How We Tested

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