AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs AMD A8-5500

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 8 / unknown
AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
AMD A8-5500
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD A8-5500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    564%
  • AMD A8-5500
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    256%
  • AMD A8-5500
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    871%
  • AMD A8-5500
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

Much higher single threaded performance (around 156% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 771% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
Around 464% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A8-5500

40 watts lower power draw.
Has an integrated GPU, which allows to run the system without a dedicated graphics card, unlike the AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT.

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XTAMD A8-5500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
SHA
F16C
FMA3
AMD64
EVP
AMD-V
SMAP
SMEP
SMT
Precision Boost 2
XFR 2
3DNow!
CnQ
NX bit

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XTAMD A8-5500
ArchitectureAMD Zen 2vsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4-3200 MHz Dual-channelvsDDR3
CodenameMatissevsTrinity
Release DateunknownvsOct 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XTAMD A8-5500
Cores8vs4
Threads16vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsNovsRadeon HD 7560D

Cache

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XTAMD A8-5500
L1 Cache96K (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512K (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache32MBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XTAMD A8-5500
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Temp95°Cvs71°C
PackageµOPGA-1331vsuPGA
Die Size74mm²vs246mm²
Process7 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XTAMD A8-5500
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock4700 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
VoltageN/Avs1.475 V
TDP105 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    5264 points
  • AMD A8-5500
    2257 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    41538 points
  • AMD A8-5500
    6402 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
    216
  • AMD A8-5500 (simulated)
    84.09

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT (simulated)
    2217.72
  • AMD A8-5500 (simulated)
    254.44

points - higher is better