AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Core i5-4330M

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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Price

The cheapest price from our partner retailers

$ 13.10
$ 83.90 significantly less expensive
$ 97.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1435 points
6% slightly better overall score
1347 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2697 points
6% slightly better gaming score
2538 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1088 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
1020 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1044 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score
979 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

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

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

828th of 1,089
859th 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
2013 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A8-9600 vs Core i5-4330M benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4330M beats the A8-9600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-9600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the A8-9600 has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i5-4330M has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-4330M. Despite this, the Core i5-4330M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-4330M 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.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the A8-9600 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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