AMD A8-3800 vs AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-3800 and AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3800

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 89 Watt
• Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1066 vs 1019
• 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2049 vs 903
• Around 21% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 338 vs 279
• 2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1184 vs 497

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

• Around 17% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-3800
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1066 1019
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2049 903
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	338 279
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1184 497

Compare specifications (specs)