Intel Core i5-7200U vs AMD A8-5500

Core i5-7200U vs A8-5500 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-5500 performs better than the Core i5-7200U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7200U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. A Core i5-7200U CPU outputs less heat than a A8-5500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-7200U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.