AMD A8-4500M vs Intel Core i5 M 430

Compare AMD 2 core CPU vs Intel 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

802 points
8% slightly better overall score
737 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1549 points
7% slightly better gaming score
1440 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

600 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
552 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

575 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
531 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,003rd of 1,089
1,022nd of 1,089

A8-4500M vs Core i5 M 430 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A8-4500M beats the Core i5 M 430 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5 M 430 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the A8-4500M has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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