A8-5500 vs Athlon II P320

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II P320
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.44
A8-5500
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
1.64
+273%

A8-5500 outperforms Athlon II P320 by a whopping 273% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II P320 and A8-5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking29592085
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Athlon IIno data
Power efficiency1.672.39
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)2 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II P320 and A8-5500 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data71 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II P320 and A8-5500 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1g4FM2
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II P320 and A8-5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE-3, SSE4A, 3DNow!, MMX, DEP, SVMno data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II P320 and A8-5500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II P320 and A8-5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 7560D

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.

Athlon II P320 0.44
A8-5500 1.64
+273%

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.

Athlon II P320 695
A8-5500 2610
+276%

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.

Athlon II P320 174
A8-5500 380
+118%

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.

Athlon II P320 320
A8-5500 905
+183%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.44 1.64
Recency 12 May 2010 2 October 2012
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt

Athlon II P320 has 160% lower power consumption.

A8-5500, on the other hand, has a 272.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The A8-5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II P320 in performance tests.

Be aware that Athlon II P320 is a notebook processor while A8-5500 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon II P320 and A8-5500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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