AMD A8-5500B vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-5500B and AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5500B

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 nm
  • 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 69% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 110 Watt
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1325 vs 912
  • 3.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2609 vs 709
Specifications (specs)
Launch date October 2012 vs January 2006
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 2048 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 110 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1325 vs 912
PassMark - CPU mark 2609 vs 709

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-5500B
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1325
912
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2609
709
Name AMD A8-5500B AMD Athlon 64 FX-60
PassMark - Single thread mark 1325 912
PassMark - CPU mark 2609 709
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 427
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.418
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 90.111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.394
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.511
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 41.819

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A8-5500B AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Toledo
Launch date October 2012 January 2006
Place in performance rating 2438 2423
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm 199 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 90 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Transistor count 1178 million 233 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FM2 939
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 110 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)