AMD A6-5200 vs Intel Core 2 Duo E8600

Compare AMD A6-Series APU for Desktops 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

709 points
858 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1313 points
1848 points
40% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

540 points
615 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

518 points
590 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

559 points
725 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

202 points
433 points
114% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

587 points
669 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

205 points
405 points
97% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.33 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

25 W
160% significantly lower TDP
65 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
6 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,027th of 1,089
989th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Desktops
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 May
2008 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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A6-5200 vs Core 2 Duo E8600 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core 2 Duo E8600 beats the A6-5200 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A6-5200 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A6-5200 has significantly more cores than the Core 2 Duo E8600. Indeed, the A6-5200 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core 2 Duo E8600. It also has more threads than the Core 2 Duo E8600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E8600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the A6-5200. A A6-5200 CPU outputs less heat than a Core 2 Duo E8600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core 2 Duo E8600 has significantly more L2 cache than the A6-5200

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the A6-5200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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