AMD A8-5545M vs AMD Athlon II X2 220

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD 2 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

814 points

12% slightly better overall score

721 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1574 points

1593 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

610 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

510 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

586 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

489 points

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

745 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

611 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

275 points

329 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

526 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

500 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

226 points

285 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

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Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,027th of 1,118

1,054th of 1,118

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

Is Unlocked

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A8-5545M vs Athlon II X2 220 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A8-5545M beats the Athlon II X2 220 in overall performance. Despite this, the Athlon II X2 220 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A8-5545M has significantly more cores than the Athlon II X2 220. Indeed, the A8-5545M has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Athlon II X2 220. It also has more threads than the Athlon II X2 220.

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. For instance, the A8-5545M has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.