AMD A4-5300 vs AMD A8-6500

AMD A4-5300
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3400 MHz / Cores: 2 / Oct 2012
AMD A4-5300
AMD A8-6500
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
AMD A8-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A4-5300
    100%
  • AMD A8-6500
    173%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A4-5300
    100%
  • AMD A8-6500
    121%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A4-5300
    100%
  • AMD A8-6500
    224%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A4-5300

None

Reasons to consider AMD A8-6500

Much higher single threaded performance (around 21% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 124% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 73% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD A8-6500

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD A8-6500

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD A8-6500

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A8-6500

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Features

AMD A4-5300AMD A8-6500
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V

Architecture

AMD A4-5300AMD A8-6500
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameTrinityvsRichland
Release DateOct 2012vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD A4-5300AMD A8-6500
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7480DvsRadeon HD 8570D

Cache

AMD A4-5300AMD A8-6500
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD A4-5300AMD A8-6500
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Temp70°Cvs71°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size246mm²vs246mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A4-5300AMD A8-6500
Cpu Frequency3400 MHzvs3500 MHz
Turbo Clock3600 MHzvs4100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-5300
    2196 points
  • AMD A8-6500
    2501 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-5300
    3401 points
  • AMD A8-6500
    7002 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A4-5300
    2694
  • AMD A8-6500
    5351

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A4-5300
    1934
  • AMD A8-6500
    2261

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A4-5300
    2837
  • AMD A8-6500
    6098

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A4-5300
    1767
  • AMD A8-6500
    1939

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A4-5300
    67
  • AMD A8-6500 (simulated)
    93.18

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A4-5300
    107
  • AMD A8-6500 (simulated)
    278.29

points - higher is better