AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Core i5-4310M

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 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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Intel Core i5-4310M

Price

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$ 13.10

$ 74.94 significantly less expensive

$ 88.04

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1435 points

15% slightly better overall score

1246 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2697 points

8% slightly better gaming score

2481 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1088 points

17% slightly better multitasking score

926 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1044 points

17% slightly better heavy workload score

889 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.59 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

19.06 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1359 points

1697 points

24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

569 points

859 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1498 points

1883 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

611 points

1000 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

14% slightly higher clock speed

2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

Identical

3.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

37 W

75% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

828th of 1,089

886th 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

2017 July

2014 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

A8-9600 vs Core i5-4310M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the A8-9600 beats the Core i5-4310M in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-4310M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A8-9600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i5-4310M that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-4310M. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i5-4310M outputs less heat than A8-9600 thanks to a significantly 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. For instance, the A8-9600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.