Intel Pentium 3805U vs AMD A8-5500

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Intel Pentium 3805U CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD A8-5500
Intel Pentium 3805U AMD A8-5500

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium 3805U or AMD A8-5500 - 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 Intel Pentium 3805U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium 3805U was released in Q1/2015.

The AMD A8-5500 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-5500 was released in Q3/2012.
Intel Pentium (150) Family AMD A (112)
Intel Pentium 3000 (8) CPU group AMD A8-5000 (3)
4 Generation 2
Haswell U Architecture Trinity (Piledriver)
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
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-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium 3805U has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium 3805U is 1.90 GHz while the AMD A8-5500 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-5500 is at 3.20 GHz (3.70 GHz).
Intel Pentium 3805U Characteristic AMD A8-5500
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.90 GHz Frequency 3.20 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.70 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.
Intel Pentium 3805U Characteristic AMD A8-5500
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-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Pentium 3805U or AMD A8-5500 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) GPU AMD Radeon HD 7560D
0.10 GHz GPU frequency 0.76 GHz
0.80 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
8 GPU Generation 4
14 nm Technology 32 nm
3 Max. displays 2
12 Compute units 4
96 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11.2 DirectX Version 11

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.
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) GPU AMD Radeon HD 7560D
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium 3805U can use up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The AMD A8-5500 supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.
Intel Pentium 3805U Characteristic AMD A8-5500
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR3-1866
16 GB Max. Memory
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
2.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
2.0 PCIe version --
12 PCIe lanes --
6.0 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Pentium 3805U is 15 W, while the AMD A8-5500 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Pentium 3805U Characteristic AMD A8-5500
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium 3805U is manufactured in 22 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The AMD A8-5500 is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
Intel Pentium 3805U Characteristic AMD A8-5500
22 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Unknown
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
BGA 1168 Socket FM2
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2012
-- Release price 85 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium 3805U (97%)
AMD A8-5500 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium 3805U (50%)
AMD A8-5500 (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.
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
451 (97%)
AMD A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
463 (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.
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
878 (70%)
AMD A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1258 (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.
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1) @ 0.80 GHz
154 (39%)
AMD A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
AMD Radeon HD 7560D @ 0.76 GHz
389 (100%)

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.
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
1156 (29%)
AMD A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
4052 (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.
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
379 (100%)
AMD A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
655 (100%)
AMD A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
77 (100%)
AMD A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
4C 4T @ 3.70 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.
Intel Pentium 3805U Intel Pentium 3805U
2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz
148 (100%)
AMD A8-5500 AMD A8-5500
4C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Pentium 3805U AMD A8-5500
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