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    AMD A8-5500 vs Intel Pentium G3250

    AMD A8-5500
    AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
    AMD A8-5500
    Intel Pentium G3250
    Intel Socket 1150DESKTOP
    3200 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2014
    Intel Pentium G3250

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • AMD A8-5500
      100%
    • Intel Pentium G3250
      123%

    Relative performance

    Single thread performance index

    • AMD A8-5500
      100%
    • Intel Pentium G3250
      154%

    Relative performance

    Multi thread performance index

    • AMD A8-5500
      107%
    • Intel Pentium G3250
      100%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider AMD A8-5500

    7% higher multi threaded performance.

    Reasons to consider Intel Pentium G3250

    Much higher single threaded performance (around 54% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
    This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
    No winner

    Gaming

    No clear winner declared

    No winner

    Productivity

    No clear winner declared

    Specifications

    Features

    AMD A8-5500Intel Pentium G3250
    MMX
    3DNow!
    SSE
    SSE2
    SSE3
    SSE4A
    AMD64
    CnQ
    NX bit
    AMD-V
    SSSE3
    SSE4.2
    EIST
    Intel 64
    XD bit
    VT-x
    CLMUL
    FMA3

    Architecture

    AMD A8-5500Intel Pentium G3250
    ArchitectureAMD PiledrivervsIntel_Haswell
    MarketDesktopvsDesktop
    Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
    CodenameTrinityvsHaswell
    Release DateOct 2012vsJul 2014

    Cores

    AMD A8-5500Intel Pentium G3250
    Cores4vs2
    Threads4vs2
    SMPs1vs1
    Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7560DvsIntel HD (Haswell)

    Cache

    AMD A8-5500Intel Pentium G3250
    L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
    L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
    L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

    Physical

    AMD A8-5500Intel Pentium G3250
    SocketAMD Socket FM2vsIntel Socket 1150
    Max Case Temp71°Cvs72°C
    PackageuPGAvsFC-LGA12C
    Die Size246mm²vs177mm²
    Process32 nmvs22 nm

    Performance

    AMD A8-5500Intel Pentium G3250
    Cpu Frequency3200 MHzvs3200 MHz
    Turbo Clock3700 MHzvsnone
    Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
    Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
    TDP65 Wvs54 W

    Raw performance index

    Raw single-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-5500
      2257 points
    • Intel Pentium G3250
      3584 points

    Points - higher is better

    Raw multi-thread performance estimation

    • AMD A8-5500
      6402 points
    • Intel Pentium G3250
      7168 points

    Points - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

    • AMD A8-5500 (simulated)
      84.09
    • Intel Pentium G3250 (simulated)
      129.78

    points - higher is better

    Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

    • AMD A8-5500 (simulated)
      254.44
    • Intel Pentium G3250 (simulated)
      236.57

    points - higher is better

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