AMD A8-9600 vs Intel Xeon L5520

Compare AMD A8-Series APU for Desktops 4 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

1435 points

1467 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

2697 points

15% slightly better gaming score

2329 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1088 points

1208 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1044 points

1159 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

36% slightly higher clock speed

2.27 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

37% slightly higher turbo speed

2.48 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

60 W

8% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

49% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

1 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

828th of 1,089

818th 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

2009 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

A8-9600 vs Xeon L5520 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Xeon L5520 beats the A8-9600 in overall performance. Despite this, the A8-9600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Xeon L5520 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-9600 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Xeon L5520. Also, the A8-9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Xeon L5520 outputs less heat than A8-9600 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the A8-9600 has more L2 cache than the Xeon L5520

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.