AMD A8-5545M vs AMD Athlon II X2 245

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
3% slightly better overall score
788 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1574 points
1715 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

610 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
564 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

586 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
541 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

8.08 points
42% significantly higher Blender score
5.65 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

526 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
518 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

226 points
300 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
100% significantly more threads
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,000th of 1,089
1,008th of 1,089

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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A8-5545M vs Athlon II X2 245 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-5545M performs better than the Athlon II X2 245. Despite this, the Athlon II X2 245 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 245. Indeed, the A8-5545M has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Athlon II X2 245. It also has more threads than the Athlon II X2 245.

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.

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