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General information A8-5600K Core2 Duo E8500
Launched Q4 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket FM2 LGA775
Series Name AMD A8 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Trinity Wolfdale
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 11.1 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 W 0 % 65 W 35 %
Lithography 32 nm 28.9 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 1 × 4 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance A8-5600K Core2 Duo E8500
Overall Score 36840 0 % 30055 18.4 %
Future Proof 33 % 0 % 10 % 69.7 %
Benchmark Score 1842 0 % 816 55.7 %
Single Thread Score 1439 0 % 1310.4 8.9 %
Encrypting Data 4214 MB/s 0 % 1868.5 MB/s 55.7 %
Compressing Data 47.1 MB/s 0 % 26 MB/s 44.9 %
String objects sorting 6022.5 thousand/s 0 % 3643.1 thousand/s 39.5 %
Prime numbers generation 11.1 millions/s 0 % 10.1 millions/s 9.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18981.6 millions/s 0 % 5354.9 millions/s 71.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4977.9 millions/s 0 % 3287.8 millions/s 34 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for A8-5600K, Core2 Duo E8500.

Average frames per second A8-5600K Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 64.2 FPS 44.1 FPS
High settings 102.7 FPS 70.6 FPS
Medium settings 128.4 FPS 88.2 FPS
Low settings 160.5 FPS 110.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 31.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V A8-5600K Core2 Duo E8500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.5 FPS 103.6 FPS
High settings 184.8 FPS 165.7 FPS
Medium settings 231.0 FPS 207.1 FPS
Low settings 288.7 FPS 258.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.3 %
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