AMD A8-5500B vs AMD Athlon II X3 450

Compare AMD 2 core CPU vs AMD 3 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

1173 points
1219 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2216 points
2398 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

887 points
908 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

851 points
872 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

971 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
753 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

399 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
309 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
3
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
33% slightly more threads
3

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
Identical
3.2 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache
1.5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

921st of 1,107
910th of 1,107

A8-5500B vs Athlon II X3 450 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Athlon II X3 450 beats the A8-5500B in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-5500B in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Athlon II X3 450 has significantly more cores than the A8-5500B. Indeed, the Athlon II X3 450 has 3 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-5500B. Despite this, the A8-5500B has more threads than the Athlon II X3 450. In terms of clock speed, the A8-5500B and Athlon II X3 450 are identical in this regard. The info from our database shows that the A8-5500B has more L2 cache than the Athlon II X3 450

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the A8-5500B has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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