Pentium G860 vs A8-5600K

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Aggregate performance score

A8-5600K
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 100 Watt
1.87
+96.8%

A8-5600K outperforms Pentium G860 by an impressive 97% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-5600K and Pentium G860 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking20052518
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data2.12
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)Intel Pentium (Desktop)
Power efficiency1.711.33
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)4 September 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

A8-5600K and Pentium G860 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed3.6 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.9 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache128K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)256K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm2131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data69 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)74 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on A8-5600K and Pentium G860 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
SocketFM2FCLGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5600K and Pentium G860. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Security technologies

A8-5600K and Pentium G860 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5600K and Pentium G860 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5600K and Pentium G860. 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 data21 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7560DIntel® HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-5600K and Pentium G860 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-5600K and Pentium G860.

PCIe versionno data2.0

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.

A8-5600K 1.87
+96.8%
Pentium G860 0.95

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.

A8-5600K 2857
+97.3%
Pentium G860 1448

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.

A8-5600K 427
+1.2%
Pentium G860 422

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.

A8-5600K 1026
+46.4%
Pentium G860 701

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.

A8-5600K 2941
Pentium G860 3964
+34.8%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A8-5600K 8838
+14.9%
Pentium G860 7695

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.

A8-5600K 4295
+40.1%
Pentium G860 3065

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A8-5600K 16.7
+41.3%
Pentium G860 23.6

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A8-5600K 3
+36.8%
Pentium G860 2

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

A8-5600K 0.98
Pentium G860 1.2
+22.4%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

A8-5600K 1.8
+683%
Pentium G860 0.2

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

A8-5600K 21
+64.9%
Pentium G860 13

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

A8-5600K 102
+45.7%
Pentium G860 70

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

A8-5600K 2449
+48%
Pentium G860 1655

Geekbench 2

A8-5600K 6520
+20.9%
Pentium G860 5393

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.87 0.95
Recency 2 October 2012 4 September 2011
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 65 Watt

A8-5600K has a 96.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium G860, on the other hand, has 53.8% lower power consumption.

The A8-5600K is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G860 in performance tests.


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