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General information A8-5600K Core2 Duo E8600
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 % 3.3 GHz 8.3 %
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
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 1 × 4 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Performance A8-5600K Core2 Duo E8600
Overall Score 36846 0 % 30689 16.7 %
Future Proof 33 % 0 % 10 % 69.7 %
Benchmark Score 1843 0 % 887 51.9 %
Single Thread Score 1424.7 0 % 1408.4 1.1 %
Encrypting Data 4216.8 MB/s 0 % 2037.4 MB/s 51.7 %
Compressing Data 47.2 MB/s 0 % 28 MB/s 40.6 %
String objects sorting 6031.6 thousand/s 0 % 3814.2 thousand/s 36.8 %
Prime numbers generation 11.1 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 19018.4 millions/s 0 % 6013 millions/s 68.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 4971 millions/s 0 % 3484.5 millions/s 29.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for A8-5600K, Core2 Duo E8600.

Average frames per second A8-5600K Core2 Duo E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 64.1 FPS 45.9 FPS
High settings 102.6 FPS 73.5 FPS
Medium settings 128.2 FPS 91.9 FPS
Low settings 160.3 FPS 114.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 28.4 %

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 E8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 115.4 FPS 104.6 FPS
High settings 184.7 FPS 167.3 FPS
Medium settings 230.8 FPS 209.2 FPS
Low settings 288.6 FPS 261.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 9.4 %
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