AMD A8-3850 vs Intel Core i5-6500

AMD A8-3850
AMD Socket FM1DESKTOP
2900 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2011
AMD A8-3850
Intel Core i5-6500
Intel Socket 1151DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jul 2015
Intel Core i5-6500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-3850
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    185%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-3850
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    201%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-3850
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    176%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A8-3850

Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the Intel Core i5-6500.

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-6500

Much higher single threaded performance (around 101% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 76% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 85% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-6500

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6500

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-6500

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-6500

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A8-3850Intel Core i5-6500
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.2
AVX
AVX2
EIST
Intel 64
XD bit
VT-x
VT-d
AES-NI
TSX
TXT
CLMUL
FMA3
F16C
BMI1
BMI2
vPro
Boost 2.0

Architecture

AMD A8-3850Intel Core i5-6500
ArchitectureAMD LLanovsIntel_Skylake
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR4
CodenameLlanovsSkylake
Release DateJun 2011vsJul 2015

Cores

AMD A8-3850Intel Core i5-6500
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6550DvsNo

Cache

AMD A8-3850Intel Core i5-6500
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs6144 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A8-3850Intel Core i5-6500
SocketAMD Socket FM1vsIntel Socket 1151
Max Case Tempunknownvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size228mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD A8-3850Intel Core i5-6500
Cpu Frequency2900 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clocknonevs3600 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4125 Vvsunknown
TDP100 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-3850
    2900 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    4140 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-3850
    11600 points
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    14720 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-3850
    5242
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10602

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-3850
    1513
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    3438

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A8-3850
    4027
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    6653

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A8-3850
    2649
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    5746

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A8-3850
    9534
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    19577

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A8-3850
    3.42
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    6.35

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD A8-3850
    26
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10.4

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD A8-3850
    14.2
  • Intel Core i5-6500
    10.6

seconds - lower is better