AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Xeon E5-450

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

Benchmark Score
Other Benchmarks
Specifications
Comments (0)
Popular Comparisons

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

1435 points

1467 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2697 points

2728 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1088 points

1109 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1044 points

1061 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the A8-9600 and the Xeon E5-450? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Download CPU Benchmark

Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

19.59 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

19.01 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1359 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1071 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

569 points

50% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

378 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1498 points

36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1100 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

611 points

56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

391 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.00 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

2 MiB

12 MiB

499% significantly more L2 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

828th of 1,089

816th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Desktops

Xeon

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2007 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

A8-9600 vs Xeon E5-450 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon E5-450 is faster than the A8-9600. Despite this, the A8-9600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-450. In terms of cache, the Xeon E5-450 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the A8-9600

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.