AMD Athlon 5370 vs AMD A8-5500B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon 5370 and AMD A8-5500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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), 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 Athlon 5370

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5500B

  • 2x 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 76% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1327 vs 755
  • Around 40% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2616 vs 1867
  • Around 59% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 427 vs 269
  • Around 31% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1184 vs 905
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 256 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB (per core) vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1327 vs 755
PassMark - CPU mark 2616 vs 1867
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 427 vs 269
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1184 vs 905

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon 5370
CPU 2: AMD A8-5500B

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
755
1327
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1867
2616
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
269
427
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
905
1184
Name AMD Athlon 5370 AMD A8-5500B
PassMark - Single thread mark 755 1327
PassMark - CPU mark 1867 2616
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 269 427
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 905 1184
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 677
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2117
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 677
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 838
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2117
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 Athlon 5370 AMD A8-5500B

Essentials

Family AMD Athlon Processors
OPN Tray AD5370JAH44HM
Place in performance rating 2338 2353
Series AMD Athlon Quad-Core APU
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Architecture codename Trinity
Launch date October 2012

Performance

Base frequency 2.2 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 1024 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 76°C
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

Max memory channels 1
Supported memory frequency 1600 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 600 MHz
iGPU core count 128
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM1 FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)