AMD A10-5800B vs AMD A8-5500

Comparative analysis of AMD A10-5800B and AMD A8-5500 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD A10-5800B

AMD A8-5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-5800B

Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1585 vs 1333
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 3049 vs 2610
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 525 vs 455
Around 22% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1512 vs 1243

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1585 vs 1333
PassMark - CPU mark	3049 vs 2610
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	525 vs 455
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1512 vs 1243

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5500

Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A10-5800B
CPU 2: AMD A8-5500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1585

1333

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3049

2610

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

525

455

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1512

1243

Name	AMD A10-5800B	AMD A8-5500
PassMark - Single thread mark	1585	1333
PassMark - CPU mark	3049	2610
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	525	455
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1512	1243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		8.685
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		0.504
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		3.038
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		789
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4729
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		789
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2225
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4729

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A10-5800B	AMD A8-5500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Trinity	Trinity
Launch date	October 2012	October 2012
Place in performance rating	2138	1959
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	246 mm	246 mm
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	1024 KB (per core)	1024 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	71 °C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Transistor count	1178 million	1178 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FM2	FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	65 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)