AMD Phenom X2 B59 vs AMD A10-5800K

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom X2 B59 and AMD A10-5800K 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom X2 B59

• Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 100 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-5800K

• Processor is unlocked, an unlocked multiplier allows for easier overclocking
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1497 vs 1368
• 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2963 vs 1396

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom X2 B59
CPU 2: AMD A10-5800K

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1368 1497
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1396 2963

Compare specifications (specs)