Turion II P560 vs A4-5300

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Aggregate performance score

A4-5300
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.86
+56.4%
Turion II P560
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.55

A4-5300 outperforms Turion II P560 by an impressive 56% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4-5300 and Turion II P560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25582829
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)AMD Turion II
Power efficiency1.252.08
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)19 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5300 and Turion II P560 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed3.4 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.6 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache128K (per core)265 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)70 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-5300 and Turion II P560 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
SocketFM2S1
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5300 and Turion II P560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4MMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5300 and Turion II P560 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5300 and Turion II P560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7480Dno 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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A4-5300 0.86
+56.4%
Turion II P560 0.55

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A4-5300 1360
+54.9%
Turion II P560 878

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A4-5300 369
+13.9%
Turion II P560 324

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A4-5300 504
Turion II P560 573
+13.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.86 0.55
Recency 2 October 2012 19 October 2010
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 25 Watt

A4-5300 has a 56.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Turion II P560, on the other hand, has 160% lower power consumption.

The A4-5300 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II P560 in performance tests.

Note that A4-5300 is a desktop processor while Turion II P560 is a notebook one.


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