GX-210JA vs A8-5600K

Primary details

Comparing A8-5600K and GX-210JA processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1911	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.69	no data
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series (Desktop)	AMD
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Temash (2013)
Release date	2 October 2012 (11 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	$57	$449

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

A8-5600K and GX-210JA 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	3.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.9 GHz	1 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm2	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	Yes	No

Compatibility

Information on A8-5600K and GX-210JA 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	no data
Socket	FM2	FT3 BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	6 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5600K and GX-210JA. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3-1066 Memory Controller
AES-NI	no data	+
AVX	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5600K and GX-210JA are enumerated here.

AMD-V

+

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5600K and GX-210JA. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7560D

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 October 2012	23 May 2013
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	6 Watt

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