Athlon 5350 vs Pro A8-8600B

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Aggregate performance score

Pro A8-8600B
2015
4 cores / 4 threads, 12 Watt
1.38
+23.2%
Athlon 5350
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 25 Watt
1.12

Pro A8-8600B outperforms Athlon 5350 by a significant 23% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Athlon 5350 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking22322397
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Carrizono data
Power efficiency3.714.22
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)9 April 2014 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Athlon 5350 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 speed1.6 GHz2.05 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.05 GHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache2048 KB2048 KB
Chip lithography28 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data76 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Athlon 5350 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
SocketFP4AM1
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Athlon 5350. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0no data
AES-NI++
FMAFMA4FMA4
AVXAVX+
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow++
PowerGating++
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect++
RAID+-
HSA+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Athlon 5350 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++
IOMMU 2.0++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Athlon 5350. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3/DDR3L-2133DDR3-1600
Max memory channels21

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon R6 GraphicsAMD Radeon R3 Graphics
iGPU core count6no data
Number of pipelines384128
Enduro++
Switchable graphics++
UVD++
VCE++

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Athlon 5350 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort++
HDMI++

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Athlon 5350 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12DirectX® 12
Vulkan++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Athlon 5350.

PCIe version3.02.0
PCI Express lanesno data4

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.

Pro A8-8600B 1.38
+23.2%
Athlon 5350 1.12

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.

Pro A8-8600B 2190
+22.6%
Athlon 5350 1787

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.

Pro A8-8600B 440
+98.2%
Athlon 5350 222

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.

Pro A8-8600B 1011
+54.4%
Athlon 5350 655

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.38 1.12
Recency 3 June 2015 9 April 2014
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 25 Watt

Pro A8-8600B has a 23.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 108.3% lower power consumption.

The Pro A8-8600B is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 5350 in performance tests.

Be aware that Pro A8-8600B is a notebook processor while Athlon 5350 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pro A8-8600B and Athlon 5350, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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