AMD A8-5500 vs Intel Core i5-4440

AMD A8-5500
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD A8-5500
Intel Core i5-4440
Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
3100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Sep 2013
Intel Core i5-4440

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-5500
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    176%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-5500
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    161%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-5500
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    191%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A8-5500

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-4440

Much higher single threaded performance (around 61% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 91% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 76% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-4440

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-4440

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-4440

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-4440

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A8-5500Intel Core i5-4440
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
CLMUL
FMA3

Architecture

AMD A8-5500Intel Core i5-4440
ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameTrinityvsHaswell
Release DateOct 2012vsSep 2013

Cores

AMD A8-5500Intel Core i5-4440
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7560DvsIntel HD 4600

Cache

AMD A8-5500Intel Core i5-4440
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 A8-5500Intel Core i5-4440
SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp71°Cvs72°C
PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²vs177mm²
Process32 nmvs22 nm

Performance

AMD A8-5500Intel Core i5-4440
Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3100 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3300 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs84 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-5500
    2257 points
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    3696 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-5500
    6402 points
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    13888 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-5500
    4882
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    9061

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-5500
    1931
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    3195

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (64-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-5500
    5221
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    9976

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-5500
    1799
  • Intel Core i5-4440
    2899

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5500 (simulated)
    84.09
  • Intel Core i5-4440 (simulated)
    133.83

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5500 (simulated)
    254.44
  • Intel Core i5-4440 (simulated)
    503.09

points - higher is better