A8-5545M vs Pentium 3560M

Place in the ranking	2557	2459
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Pentium	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	2.17	3.72
Architecture codename	Haswell (2013−2015)	Richland (2013−2014)
Release date	14 April 2014 (10 years ago)	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$134	no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium 3560M and A8-5545M 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	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.7 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus rate	5 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	2 MB	0 KB
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Die size	130 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum core temperature	100 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	71 °C
Number of transistors	960 Million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 3560M and A8-5545M 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	FCPGA946	FP2
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 3560M and A8-5545M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-

Security technologies

Pentium 3560M and A8-5545M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
Anti-Theft	-	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 3560M and A8-5545M 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 Pentium 3560M and A8-5545M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	32 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	Intel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors	AMD Radeon HD 8510G
Quick Sync Video	+	-
Graphics max frequency	1.1 GHz	no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 3560M and A8-5545M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported	3	no data
eDP	+	no data
DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-
VGA	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 3560M and A8-5545M.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	16	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.

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.

Pentium 3560M 0.88

A8-5545M 1.02
+15.9%

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.

Pentium 3560M 1345

A8-5545M 1567
+16.5%

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.

Pentium 3560M 514
+127%

A8-5545M 226

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.

Pentium 3560M 960
+85%

A8-5545M 519

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.88	1.02
Recency	14 April 2014	1 June 2013
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	37 Watt	25 Watt

Pentium 3560M has an age advantage of 10 months, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

A8-5545M, on the other hand, has a 15.9% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 48% lower power consumption.

The A8-5545M is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 3560M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 3560M and A8-5545M, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.