AMD A8-5500 vs AMD Athlon II X3 400e

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-5500 and AMD Athlon II X3 400e 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • Around 45% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1334 vs 908
  • Around 98% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2609 vs 1320
Specifications (specs)
Launch date October 2012 vs October 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 3
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 512 KB (per core)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1334 vs 908
PassMark - CPU mark 2609 vs 1320

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X3 400e

  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 3.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1398 vs 455
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3137 vs 1243
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1398 vs 455
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3137 vs 1243

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-5500
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II X3 400e

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1334
908
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2609
1320
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
455
1398
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1243
3137
Name AMD A8-5500 AMD Athlon II X3 400e
PassMark - Single thread mark 1334 908
PassMark - CPU mark 2609 1320
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 455 1398
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1243 3137
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 A8-5500 AMD Athlon II X3 400e

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Rana
Launch date October 2012 October 2009
Place in performance rating 1953 1973
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $107
Price now $107.43
Value for money (0-100) 5.51

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm 169 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 3
Transistor count 1178 million 300 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM2 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)