A10-4600M vs A8-5500B

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Aggregate performance score

A8-5500B
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.59
+104%

A8-5500B outperforms A10-4600M by a whopping 104% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-5500B and A10-4600M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17382313
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD A-Series
Power efficiency3.633.31
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)15 May 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-5500B and A10-4600M 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.2 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.2 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)192 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)4 MB (shared)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm2246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-5500B and A10-4600M 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 configuration11
SocketFM2FS1r2
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5500B and A10-4600M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno data86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5500B and A10-4600M are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5500B and A10-4600M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7560DAMD Radeon HD 7660G

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.

A8-5500B 2.59
+104%
A10-4600M 1.27

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.

A8-5500B 3967
+105%
A10-4600M 1938

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.

A8-5500B 389
+14.7%
A10-4600M 339

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.

A8-5500B 955
+31.4%
A10-4600M 727

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.59 1.27
Integrated graphics card 1.18 1.23
Recency 2 October 2012 15 May 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

A8-5500B has a 103.9% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 4 months.

A10-4600M, on the other hand, has 4.2% faster integrated GPU, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The A8-5500B is our recommended choice as it beats the A10-4600M in performance tests.

Note that A8-5500B is a desktop processor while A10-4600M is a notebook one.


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