AMD A8-6500 vs Intel Core i5-11260H

Last updated: 2024-04-12

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A8-6500		Intel Core i5-11260H
CPU comparison AMD A8-6500 or Intel Core i5-11260H - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD A8-6500 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-6500 was released in Q2/2013. The Intel Core i5-11260H has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-11260H was released in Q2/2021.

AMD A (112)	Family	Intel Core i5 (331)
AMD A8-6000 (4)	CPU group	Intel Core i 11000H (17)
3	Generation	11
Richland (Piledriver)	Architecture	Tiger Lake H
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A8-6500 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.50 GHz (4.10 GHz). The Intel Core i5-11260H has 6 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (4.40 GHz).
AMD A8-6500	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-11260H
4	Cores	6
4	Threads	12
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
Yes	Overclocking ?	No
3.50 GHz	Frequency	2.60 GHz
4.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.40 GHz
4.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A8-6500	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-11260H
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon HD 8570D	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU)
0.84 GHz	GPU frequency	0.35 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.40 GHz
5	GPU Generation	11
32 nm	Technology	10 nm
2	Max. displays	3
4	Compute units	16
256	Shader	128
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
11.2	DirectX Version	12

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon HD 8570D	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	Decode
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD A8-6500 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-11260H can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD A8-6500	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-11260H
DDR3-1866	Memory	DDR4-3200
	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
29.9 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	5.00 MB
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	12.00 MB
--	PCIe version	4.0
--	PCIe lanes	20
--	PCIe Bandwidth	39.4 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A8-6500 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core i5-11260H is 45 W.
AMD A8-6500	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-11260H
65 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	45 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	35 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The AMD A8-6500 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-11260H cache has a total of 17.00 MB.
AMD A8-6500	Characteristic	Intel Core i5-11260H
32 nm	Technology	10 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
FM2	Socket	BGA 1787
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
Windows 10, Linux	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2013	Release date	Q2/2021
85 $	Release price	250 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-6500 (35%)

Intel Core i5-11260H (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-6500 (19%)

Intel Core i5-11260H (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	489 (35%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1387 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	1299 (19%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	6745 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A8-6500 AMD Radeon HD 8570D @ 0.84 GHz	432 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU) @ 1.40 GHz	358 (83%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	2833 (18%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	15721 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1394 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	8970 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1919 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	7117 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	448 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	3831 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 2.60 GHz	3285 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	90 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A8-6500 4C 4T @ 4.10 GHz	293 (100%)
	Intel Core i5-11260H 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	0 (0%)

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