AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Xeon E5-440

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 2 core CPU vs Intel Xeon 4 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
1441 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2608 points
2641 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1049 points
1102 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1007 points
1058 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

20.09 points
76% significantly higher Blender score
11.40 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1029 points
0.68% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
1022 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

438 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
361 points

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
23% slightly higher clock speed
2.83 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
23% slightly lower TDP
80 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
12 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

843rd of 1,089
824th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops
Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June
2008 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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A8-6500 vs Xeon E5-440 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-440 performs better than the A8-6500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon E5-440 has significantly more cores than the A8-6500. Indeed, the Xeon E5-440 has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the A8-6500. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-6500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-440. A A8-6500 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-440 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Xeon E5-440 has significantly more L2 cache than the A8-6500

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the A8-6500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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