AMD A8-3820: specs and benchmarks

General info
Technical specs
Memory
Benchmarks
Gaming
Intel equivalent
User rating
Advices and comments
Summary
AMD started AMD A8-3820 sales 20 December 2011. This is Llano architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2800 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FM1 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR3 Dual-channel memory.
It provides poor benchmark performance at 2.27 percent of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX.
General info
Of A8-3820 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture and sales start time and price.
Value for money (0-100)
2.78
Type
Desktop
Architecture codename
Llano
Release date
20 December 2011
Technical specs
A8-3820's quantitative parameters such as cores and threads number, clocks, manufacturing process, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of A8-3820's performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
Number of cores
4
Number of threads
4
Die size
228 mm2
64 bit support
+
Compatibility
Information on A8-3820 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.
Socket
FM1
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3820 are enumerated here.
AMD-V
+
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A8-3820.
Graphics specifications
General parameters of GPU integrated into A8-3820.
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmarks performance of A8-3820. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
Overall benchmark performance
2.27
Passmark
2010
Game benchmarks
Let's see how good A8-3820 is for gaming compared with game system requirements. Remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect real performance inaccurately.
Relative perfomance
Overall A8-3820 performance compared to nearest competitors. All CPU types participate.
Intel equivalent
We believe that the nearest equivalent to A8-3820 from Intel is Core i5-655K, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our rating.