AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Core i5-4210H

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel 4th Generation Core i5 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

1387 points

9% slightly better overall score

1272 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2608 points

5% slightly better gaming score

2473 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

954 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

916 points

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Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1350 points

1741 points

28% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

496 points

885 points

78% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1029 points

1912 points

85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

438 points

1007 points

129% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

20% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

3.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

47 W

38% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

843rd of 1,089

877th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

4th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

2014 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A8-6500 vs Core i5-4210H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-4210H performs better than the A8-6500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6500 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4210H. Also, the A8-6500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4210H outputs less heat than A8-6500 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 A8-6500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.