AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Core i5-6500TE

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1387 points
2031 points
46% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2608 points
3776 points
44% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points
1545 points
47% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points
1483 points
47% significantly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the A8-6500 and the Core i5-6500TE? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1350 points
2515 points
86% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

496 points
783 points
57% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1029 points
2800 points
172% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

438 points
1078 points
146% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.30 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed
3.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

845th of 1,092
713th of 1,092

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops
6th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June
2015 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A8-6500 vs Core i5-6500TE comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-6500TE beats the A8-6500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-6500TE has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A8-6500 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-6500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-6500TE. Also, the A8-6500 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-6500TE outputs less heat than A8-6500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the A8-6500 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-6500TE

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.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons