Pentium G4500T vs A8-7650K

Aggregate performance score

A8-7650K
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 95 Watt
1.97
+29.6%
Pentium G4500T
2015
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
1.52

A8-7650K outperforms Pentium G4500T by a substantial 30% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-7650K and Pentium G4500T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking19302135
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.240.10
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)Intel Pentium (Desktop)
Power efficiency1.954.09
Architecture codenameKaveri (2014−2015)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date7 January 2015 (9 years ago)1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$152$75

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

A8-7650K has 140% better value for money than Pentium G4500T.

Detailed specifications

A8-7650K and Pentium G4500T 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 speed3.3 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.8 GHz3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rateno data4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data30
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache4096 KB512 KB
L3 cacheno data3 MB
Chip lithography28 nm14 nm
Die size245 mm298.57 mm2
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Number of transistors2,411 million1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on A8-7650K and Pentium G4500T 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)
SocketFM2+FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)95 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-7650K and Pentium G4500T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE1-4a, AVX, AES, FMA4, VTIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA+-
AVX++
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
DualGraphics+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

A8-7650K and Pentium G4500T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-7650K and Pentium G4500T are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-7650K and Pentium G4500T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon R7 GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 530
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384no data
Max video memoryno data64 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
Graphics max frequencyno data950 MHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-7650K and Pentium G4500T integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort++
HDMI++
DVIno data+

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by A8-7650K and Pentium G4500T integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2304@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-7650K and Pentium G4500T integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 1212
OpenGLno data4.4
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-7650K and Pentium G4500T.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes1616

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.

A8-7650K 1.97
+29.6%
Pentium G4500T 1.52

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.

A8-7650K 3123
+30.2%
Pentium G4500T 2399

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.

A8-7650K 2904
Pentium G4500T 4828
+66.3%

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.

A8-7650K 9456
+2.7%
Pentium G4500T 9206

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.

A8-7650K 4410
+23.1%
Pentium G4500T 3583

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.

A8-7650K 14.2
+52.8%
Pentium G4500T 21.7

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.

A8-7650K 3
+18.8%
Pentium G4500T 3

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

A8-7650K 296
+20.8%
Pentium G4500T 245

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made 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 (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

A8-7650K 84
Pentium G4500T 118
+40.5%

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.

A8-7650K 0.96
Pentium G4500T 1.19
+24%

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.

A8-7650K 2
+53.8%
Pentium G4500T 1.3

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.  

A8-7650K 23
+33.5%
Pentium G4500T 17

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.  

A8-7650K 108
+18.3%
Pentium G4500T 91

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.

A8-7650K 2105
+34.1%
Pentium G4500T 1570

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

A8-7650K 6597
+20.2%
Pentium G4500T 5488

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

A8-7650K 2197
Pentium G4500T 3123
+42.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.97 1.52
Recency 7 January 2015 1 September 2015
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 95 Watt 35 Watt

A8-7650K has a 29.6% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Pentium G4500T, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 171.4% lower power consumption.

The A8-7650K is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium G4500T in performance tests.


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