AMD Athlon X4 760K vs AMD A8-5500B

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X4 760K and AMD A8-5500B processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Memory, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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).

AMD Athlon X4 760K

AMD A8-5500B

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X4 760K

Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
Around 28% higher clock speed: 4.1 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1533 vs 1327
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2971 vs 2612
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 493 vs 427
Around 19% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1410 vs 1184

Specifications (specs)
Unlocked	Unlocked vs Locked
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1533 vs 1327
PassMark - CPU mark	2971 vs 2612
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	493 vs 427
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1410 vs 1184

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5500B

Around 54% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X4 760K
CPU 2: AMD A8-5500B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1533

1327

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2971

2612

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

493

427

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

1410

1184

Name	AMD Athlon X4 760K	AMD A8-5500B
PassMark - Single thread mark	1533	1327
PassMark - CPU mark	2971	2612
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	493	427
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1410	1184
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score	0
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 X4 760K	AMD A8-5500B
Essentials
Family	AMD Athlon Processors
OPN PIB	AD760KWOHLBOX
OPN Tray	AD760KWOA44HL
Place in performance rating	2440	2435
Series	AMD Athlon X4
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Trinity
Launch date		October 2012
Performance
Base frequency	3.8 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB	1024 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum frequency	4.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		128 KB (per core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		71 °C
Transistor count		1178 million
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FM2	FM2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Memory
Supported memory types		DDR3
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)