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    AMD A8-3820 vs AMD A6-5400K

    AMD A8-3820
    AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
    2500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Dec 2011
    AMD A8-3820
    AMD A6-5400K
    AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
    3600 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
    AMD A6-5400K

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A8-3820
      117%
    • AMD A6-5400K
      100%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A8-3820
      100%
    • AMD A6-5400K
      136%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A8-3820
      161%
    • AMD A6-5400K
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A8-3820

    Much higher multi threaded performance (around 61% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

    Reasons to consider AMD A6-5400K

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 36% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    AMD A8-3820

    Productivity

    HWBench recommends AMD A8-3820

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

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A8-3820AMD A6-5400K
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V

    Architecture

    AMD A8-3820AMD A6-5400K
    ArchitectureAMD LLanovsAMD Piledriver
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameLlanovsTrinity
    Release DateDec 2011vsOct 2012

    Cores

    AMD A8-3820AMD A6-5400K
    Cores4vs4
    Threads4vs4
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6550DvsRadeon HD 7540D

    Cache

    AMD A8-3820AMD A6-5400K
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

    Physical

    AMD A8-3820AMD A6-5400K
    SocketAMD Socket FM1vsAMD Socket FM2
    Max Case Tempunknownvs70°C
    PackageuPGAvsuPGA
    Die Size228mm²vs246mm²
    Process32 nmvs32 nm

    Performance

    AMD A8-3820AMD A6-5400K
    Cpu Frequency2500 MHzvs3600 MHz
    Turbo Clock2800 MHzvs3800 MHz
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.4125 Vvs1.475 V
    TDP65 Wvs65 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-3820
      2800 points
    • AMD A6-5400K
      2318 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-3820
      10000 points
    • AMD A6-5400K
      7202 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

    • AMD A8-3820
      4532
    • AMD A6-5400K
      2802

    points - higher is better

    GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

    • AMD A8-3820
      1344
    • AMD A6-5400K
      1835

    points - higher is better

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