AMD A8-4500M vs AMD FX-9800P

Compare AMD 2 core CPU vs AMD 4 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
5% slightly better overall score
763 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1549 points
8% slightly better gaming score
1432 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

600 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
581 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

575 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
559 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

10.48 points
17.61 points
68% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

599 points
1113 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

281 points
514 points
82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

646 points
1121 points
73% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

288 points
495 points
71% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,003rd of 1,089
1,014th of 1,089

A8-4500M vs FX-9800P specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-4500M performs better than the FX-9800P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9800P in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-9800P has significantly more cores than the A8-4500M. Indeed, the FX-9800P has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-4500M. But they both have 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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