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).

 

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 1325
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2971 vs 2609
  • 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 1325
PassMark - CPU mark 2971 vs 2609
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
1325
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2971
2609
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 1325
PassMark - CPU mark 2971 2609
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 2445 2438
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™)