Athlon 64 TF-20 vs A10-5800K

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Primary details

Comparing A10-5800K and Athlon 64 TF-20 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1982not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.26no data
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)AMD Athlon 64
Power efficiency1.76no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Sherman (2009)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)1 May 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$122no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A10-5800K and Athlon 64 TF-20 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed3.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed4.2 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rateno data667 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)0.1 MB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)512 KB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on A10-5800K and Athlon 64 TF-20 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
SocketFM2S1g1
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-5800K and Athlon 64 TF-20. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-5800K and Athlon 64 TF-20 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-5800K and Athlon 64 TF-20. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7660Dno data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A10-5800K 3094
+148%
Athlon 64 TF-20 1245

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A10-5800K 4464
+629%
Athlon 64 TF-20 612

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 October 2012 1 May 2009
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 25 Watt

A10-5800K has an age advantage of 3 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Athlon 64 TF-20, on the other hand, has 300% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A10-5800K and Athlon 64 TF-20. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A10-5800K is a desktop processor while Athlon 64 TF-20 is a notebook one.


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