Pentium N4200 vs A8-5500B

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Aggregate performance score

A8-5500B
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
2.50
+83.8%
Pentium N4200
2016
4 cores / 4 threads, 6 Watt
1.36

A8-5500B outperforms Pentium N4200 by an impressive 84% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-5500B and Pentium N4200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking17572246
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Pentium
Power efficiency3.6421.45
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Apollo Lake (2014−2016)
Release date2 October 2012 (12 years ago)1 September 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$161

Detailed specifications

A8-5500B and Pentium N4200 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed3.2 GHz1.1 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz2.5 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)no data
L2 cache1 MB (per core)2 MB
L3 cache0 KB2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography32 nm14 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-5500B and Pentium N4200 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 configuration11
SocketFM2FCBGA1296
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5500B and Pentium N4200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Smart Responseno data-
GPIOno data+
Smart Connectno data-
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data-

Security technologies

A8-5500B and Pentium N4200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Bootno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5500B and Pentium N4200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
VT-ino data-
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5500B and Pentium N4200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3, DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon HD 7560DIntel HD Graphics 505
Max video memoryno data8 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data750 MHz
Execution Unitsno data18

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-5500B and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
MIPI-DSIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-5500B and Pentium N4200 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data+
OpenGLno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-5500B and Pentium N4200.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data6
USB revisionno data2.0/3.0
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8
Integrated LANno data-
UARTno 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.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A8-5500B 2.50
+83.8%
Pentium N4200 1.36

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.

A8-5500B 3967
+83.2%
Pentium N4200 2165

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A8-5500B 389
+41.5%
Pentium N4200 275

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A8-5500B 945
+30.7%
Pentium N4200 723

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.50 1.36
Integrated graphics card 1.19 0.93
Recency 2 October 2012 1 September 2016
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 6 Watt

A8-5500B has a 83.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 28% faster integrated GPU.

Pentium N4200, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 128.6% more advanced lithography process, and 983.3% lower power consumption.

The A8-5500B is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium N4200 in performance tests.

Note that A8-5500B is a desktop processor while Pentium N4200 is a notebook one.


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