AMD Athlon X2 450 vs AMD A8-5500B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 450 and AMD A8-5500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, 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 Athlon X2 450

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
• Around 22% higher clock speed: 3.9 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5500B

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 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 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1327 vs 878
• 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2616 vs 1295

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 450
CPU 2: AMD A8-5500B

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	878 1327
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1295 2616

Compare specifications (specs)