AMD A8-5500 vs Intel Core i3-2120

Compare AMD 2 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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$ 590.00

$ 170.00

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1380 points

5% slightly better overall score

1307 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2576 points

3% slightly better gaming score

2496 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

989 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

949 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

13.88 points

14.23 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1228 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1073 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

444 points

516 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

911 points

1022 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

377 points

497 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

844th of 1,089

869th of 1,089

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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2011 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1066

A8-5500 vs Core i3-2120 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A8-5500 beats the Core i3-2120 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-2120 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 A8-5500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.