AMD A8-5500 vs Intel Core i7-930

A8-5500 vs Core i7-930 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-930 is faster than the A8-5500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-5500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-930 has significantly more cores than the A8-5500. Indeed, the Core i7-930 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-5500. It also has more threads than the A8-5500. A A8-5500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-930 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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.