Intel Core i5-760 vs AMD A8-5500

Core i5-760 vs A8-5500 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-760 performs better than the A8-5500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-5500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-760 has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the A8-5500 that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. The A8-5500 outputs less heat than Core i5-760 thanks to a 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. For instance, the Core i5-760 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.