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General information FX-8370 A8-5500
Launched Q3 2014 Q2 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD AMD
Socket AM3+ FM2
Series Name AMD FX AMD A8
Core Family Name Vishera Trinity
Clock 4 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 20 %
Turbo Clock 4.3 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 14 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 8 0 % 4 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 65 W 48 %
Lithography 32 nm 0 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 64 kB Instruction
8 × 16 kB Data
4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
L2 Cache 4 × 2 MB
2 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance FX-8370 A8-5500
Overall Score 44754 0 % 35997 19.6 %
Future Proof 43 % 0 % 30 % 30.2 %
Benchmark Score 4012 0 % 1679 58.2 %
Single Thread Score 1618 0 % 1320 18.4 %
Encrypting Data 1893.6 MB/s 50.1 % 3798.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 105.5 MB/s 0 % 42.3 MB/s 60 %
String objects sorting 13385.7 thousand/s 0 % 5401.9 thousand/s 59.6 %
Prime numbers generation 30.7 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 64.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 42023.4 millions/s 0 % 17335.6 millions/s 58.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 11338.1 millions/s 0 % 4651.2 millions/s 59 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for FX-8370, A8-5500.

Average frames per second FX-8370 A8-5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 87.6 FPS 61.6 FPS
High settings 140.2 FPS 98.6 FPS
Medium settings 175.2 FPS 123.3 FPS
Low settings 219.0 FPS 154.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 29.6 %

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 FX-8370 A8-5500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 129.4 FPS 113.9 FPS
High settings 207.0 FPS 182.3 FPS
Medium settings 258.7 FPS 227.8 FPS
Low settings 323.4 FPS 284.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.9 %
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