Intel Core i5-4210U vs AMD PRO A8-8600B

Compare Intel 4th Generation Core i5 2 core CPU vs AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops 2 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

904 points
8% slightly better overall score
834 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1741 points
5% slightly better gaming score
1650 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

681 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
617 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

654 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
589 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

1460 points
48% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
982 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

764 points
85% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
411 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
Identical
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.7 GHz
6% slightly higher clock speed
1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

2.7 GHz
3 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
Identical
15 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

983rd of 1,089
994th of 1,089

Family

The product line

4th Generation Core i5
PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3-1333
DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-4210U vs PRO A8-8600B benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-4210U beats the PRO A8-8600B in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the PRO A8-8600B in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-4210U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the PRO A8-8600B.

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. Indeed, the Core i5-4210U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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