i5-5350H vs A8-5500B

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Primary details

Comparing A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1757not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiency3.64no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Broadwell-H (2015)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)15 April 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$289

Detailed specifications

A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.2 GHz3.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data5 GT/s
Multiplierno data31
L1 cache128 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2182 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °C105 °C
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFM2FCBGA1364
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt47 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7560DIntel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
Max video memoryno data32 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.05 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
VGAno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data2560x1600@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data11.2/12
OpenGLno data4.3

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 1.19 3.95
Recency 2 October 2012 15 April 2015
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 47 Watt

A8-5500B has 100% more physical cores.

i5-5350H, on the other hand, has 231.9% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 2 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 38.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A8-5500B and Core i5-5350H. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that A8-5500B is a desktop processor while Core i5-5350H is a notebook one.


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