AMD A8-5500 vs AMD FX-9830P

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

1380 points

1% slightly better overall score

1362 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2576 points

0.08% slightly better gaming score

2574 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

1031 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

990 points

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1228 points

1621 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

444 points

636 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

911 points

1465 points

60% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

377 points

613 points

62% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

844th of 1,089

849th of 1,089

A8-5500 vs FX-9830P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-5500 performs better than the FX-9830P. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-9830P in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the FX-9830P has significantly more cores than the A8-5500. Indeed, the FX-9830P has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-5500. But they both have the same number of threads.

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