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General information A8-5600K Core2 Duo E6420
Launched Q4 2012 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket FM2 PLGA775
Series Name AMD A8 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Trinity Conroe
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.1 GHz 41.7 %
Cores 4 0 % 2 50 %
Threads 4 0 % 2 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 W 0 % 65 W 35 %
Lithography 32 nm 50.8 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 16 kB Data
2 × 64 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 1 × 4 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance A8-5600K Core2 Duo E6420
Overall Score 36840 0 % 26476 28.1 %
Future Proof 33 % 0 % 10 % 69.7 %
Benchmark Score 1842 0 % 491 73.3 %
Single Thread Score 1429 0 % 784.2 45.1 %
Encrypting Data 4201.9 MB/s 0 % 1116.4 MB/s 73.4 %
Compressing Data 47 MB/s 0 % 16.1 MB/s 65.8 %
String objects sorting 6010.4 thousand/s 0 % 2234.7 thousand/s 62.8 %
Prime numbers generation 11 millions/s 0 % 5 millions/s 54.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 18962.7 millions/s 0 % 2967 millions/s 84.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4953.1 millions/s 0 % 1633.8 millions/s 67 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for A8-5600K, Core2 Duo E6420.

Average frames per second A8-5600K Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 64.2 FPS 35.6 FPS
High settings 102.7 FPS 56.9 FPS
Medium settings 128.4 FPS 71.1 FPS
Low settings 160.5 FPS 88.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.6 %

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 A8-5600K Core2 Duo E6420
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.5 FPS 97.3 FPS
High settings 184.8 FPS 155.7 FPS
Medium settings 231.0 FPS 194.6 FPS
Low settings 288.8 FPS 243.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 15.8 %
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