Pentium Dual T2410 vs A8-5500B

Place in the ranking	1757	3055
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	Intel Pentium Dual Core
Power efficiency	3.64	0.97
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Merom (2006−2008)
Release date	2 October 2012 (12 years ago)	1 September 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-5500B and Pentium Dual Core T2410 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	3.2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	533 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	246 mm²	111 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-5500B and Pentium Dual Core T2410 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	FM2	P, 478Pin
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5500B and Pentium Dual Core T2410 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5500B and Pentium Dual Core T2410. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7560D

no 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.

A8-5500B 2.50
+594%

Pentium Dual T2410 0.36

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
+601%

Pentium Dual T2410 566

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.50	0.36
Recency	2 October 2012	1 September 2008
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

A8-5500B has a 594.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium Dual T2410, on the other hand, has 85.7% lower power consumption.

The A8-5500B is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T2410 in performance tests.

Note that A8-5500B is a desktop processor while Pentium Dual Core T2410 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A8-5500B and Pentium Dual Core T2410, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.