AMD A6-7310 vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Compare AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 4 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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

745 points
5931 points
696% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1404 points
7969 points
467% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

564 points
5267 points
833% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

541 points
5102 points
843% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

627 points
7589 points
1110% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

231 points
1833 points
693% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

596 points
7653 points
1184% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

227 points
1872 points
724% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
6
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
12
200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.6 GHz
79% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.4 GHz
4.2 GHz
75% significantly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

25 W
160% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

1
2
100% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,019th of 1,089
256th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Laptops
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3L
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

A6-7310 vs Ryzen 5 5500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5500 is faster than the A6-7310. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A6-7310 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 5 5500 has significantly more cores than the A6-7310. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the A6-7310. It also has more threads than the A6-7310. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the A6-7310. A A6-7310 CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 5500 has more L2 cache than the A6-7310

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 A6-7310 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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