PRO A10-8850B vs Pentium Gold G5500

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Gold G5500 and PRO A10-8850B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1782	1797
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.74	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Pentium Gold	no data
Power efficiency	4.47	2.35
Architecture codename	Coffee Lake (2017−2019)	Godaveri (2014−2016)
Release date	2 April 2018 (6 years ago)	29 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Pentium Gold G5500 and PRO A10-8850B 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	4.1 GHz
Bus type	DMI 3.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	38	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	4096 KB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Die size	126 mm2	245 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	72 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	72 °C	72 °C
Number of transistors	no data	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Gold G5500 and PRO A10-8850B 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	1151	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	51 Watt	95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and PRO A10-8850B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	+	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
DualGraphics	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+
HSA	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and PRO A10-8850B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and PRO A10-8850B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4 Dual-channel	DDR3-2133
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.397 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	Intel UHD Graphics 630	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	8
จำนวนพาธไลน์	no data	512
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium Gold G5500 and PRO A10-8850B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and PRO A10-8850B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium Gold G5500 and PRO A10-8850B.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	2.41	2.36
Recency	2 April 2018	29 September 2015
Physical cores	2	4
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	51 Watt	95 Watt

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