Pentium 2129Y vs A8-5500
Primary details
Comparing A8-5500 and Pentium 2129Y processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2040 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | no data | Intel Pentium |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | Ivy Bridge (2012−2013) |
| Release date | 2 October 2012 (11 years ago) | 1 January 2013 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $150 |
Detailed specifications
A8-5500 and Pentium 2129Y basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 1.1 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 5 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 2 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 118 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 105 °C |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 71 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 1,400 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A8-5500 and Pentium 2129Y compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
| Socket | FM2 | FCBGA1023 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5500 and Pentium 2129Y. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| My WiFi | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Flex Memory Access | no data | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
| FDI | no data | + |
| Fast Memory Access | no data | + |
| Status | no data | Discontinued |
Security technologies
A8-5500 and Pentium 2129Y technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Anti-Theft | no data | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5500 and Pentium 2129Y are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5500 and Pentium 2129Y. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 32 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 7560D | Intel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors |
| Graphics max frequency | no data | 850 MHz |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of A8-5500 and Pentium 2129Y integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | no data | 3 |
| eDP | no data | + |
| DisplayPort | - | + |
| HDMI | - | + |
| SDVO | no data | + |
| CRT | no data | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 October 2012 | 1 January 2013 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 10 Watt |
A8-5500 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.
Pentium 2129Y, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, a 45.5% more advanced lithography process, and 550% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A8-5500 and Pentium 2129Y. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that A8-5500 is a desktop processor while Pentium 2129Y is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between A8-5500 and Pentium 2129Y, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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