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AMD A8-5500B vs Intel Pentium G3250T

AMD

AMD A8-5500B

AMD Socket FM2 3200 MHz 4 cores Oct 2012 DESKTOP
AMD A8-5500B
Intel

Intel Pentium G3250T

Intel Socket 1150 2800 MHz 2 cores Jul 2014 DESKTOP
Intel Pentium G3250T

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-5500B100%
  • Intel Pentium G3250T108%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-5500B100%
  • Intel Pentium G3250T135%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-5500B121%
  • Intel Pentium G3250T100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5500B

  • Much higher multi threaded performance (around 21% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium G3250T

  • Much higher single threaded performance (around 35% 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

AMD A8-5500B
Productivity

HWSpot recommends the AMD A8-5500B

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

Specifications

Features

AMD A8-5500BIntel Pentium G3250T
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 A8-5500BIntel Pentium G3250T
ArchitectureAMD PiledriverIntel_Haswell
MarketDesktopDesktop
Memory SupportDDR3DDR3
CodenameTrinityHaswell
Release DateOct 2012Jul 2014

Cores

AMD A8-5500BIntel Pentium G3250T
Cores42
Threads42
SMPs11
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 7560DIntel HD (Haswell)

Cache

AMD A8-5500BIntel Pentium G3250T
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KB3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A8-5500BIntel Pentium G3250T
SocketAMD Socket FM2Intel Socket 1150
Max Case Temp71°C72°C
PackageuPGAFC-LGA12C
Die Size246mm²177mm²
Process32 nm22 nm

Performance

AMD A8-5500BIntel Pentium G3250T
Cpu Frequency3200 MHz2800 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHznone
Base Clock100 MHz100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vunknown
TDP65 W35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-5500B2257 points
  • Intel Pentium G3250T3136 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-5500B6402 points
  • Intel Pentium G3250T6272 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5500B (simulated)84.09
  • Intel Pentium G3250T (simulated)113.56

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5500B (simulated)254.44
  • Intel Pentium G3250T (simulated)208.73

points - higher is better

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