AMD A8-5500B vs Intel Core i7-840QM

What is the difference between AMD A8-5500B and Intel Core i7-840QM. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

453Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score400
1277Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1263
PassMark CPU Mark Rating1905
PassMark Single Thread Rating1118

Processor Specs

AMD A8-5500BProcessorIntel Core i7-840QM
3200 MHzFrequency1870 MHz
3700 MHzMaximum Frequency3200 MHz
4Cores4
4Threads8
65 WTDP45 W
Radeon HD 7560DGPU
TrinityCodenameClarksfield
Socket FM2 (904)PackagePGA988

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

459Single-Core Score402
1266Multi-Core Score1310
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.2.5 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTSOperating SystemMicrosoft Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq Pro 6305 SFFModelAcer Aspire 7741
Hewlett-Packard 1850MotherboardAcer JE70_CP
Power PlanSamsung High Performance

CPU Specifications

AMD A8-5500BNameIntel Core i7-840QM
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores, 8 Threads
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 16 Stepping 1IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5
3.20 GHzBase Frequency1.86 GHz
Maximum Frequency3.18 GHz
PackageSocket 989 rPGA
CodenameClarksfield
64.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache32.0 KB x 4
16.0 KB x 4L1 Data Cache32.0 KB x 4
2.00 MB x 2L2 Cache256 KB x 4
L3 Cache8.00 MB x 1

Memory Information

3.12 GBSize8.00 GB
Frequency530 MHz
TypeDDR3 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

459Single-Core Score402
703Crypto Score43
467Integer Score406
401Floating Point Score 452
703
1.20 GB/sec
AES-XTS43
74.7 MB/sec
555
2.81 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)518
2.62 MB/sec
541
25.6 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression466
22.0 Mpixels/sec
467
1.32 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)432
1.22 MTE/sec
441
518.3 KElements/sec
HTML5371
435.3 KElements/sec
512
160.3 Krows/sec
SQLite359
112.3 Krows/sec
454
24.7 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering418
22.7 Mpixels/sec
359
114.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering355
113.0 KB/sec
489
3.81 Klines/sec
Clang406
3.16 Klines/sec
420
4.87 images/sec
Camera361
4.18 images/sec
302
378.4 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics383
479.8 Kpairs/sec
346
2143.5 FPS
Rigid Body Physics427
2646.8 FPS
235
12.9 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur356
19.6 Mpixels/sec
410
3.15 images/sec
Face Detection450
3.47 images/sec
341
8.39 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection428
10.5 Mpixels/sec
870
42.7 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting729
35.8 Mpixels/sec
883
12.0 Mpixels/sec
HDR700
9.54 Mpixels/sec
510
409.9 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing457
367.2 Kpixels/sec
343
3.08 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion383
3.43 Kpixels/sec
396
12.7 Words/sec
Speech Recognition630
20.2 Words/sec
235
9.09 images/sec
Machine Learning257
9.93 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1266Multi-Core Score1310
1245Crypto Score157
1290Integer Score1478
1219Floating Point Score 1137
1245
2.12 GB/sec
AES-XTS157
273.8 MB/sec
1753
8.86 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)2266
11.5 MB/sec
1677
79.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1777
84.1 Mpixels/sec
778
2.19 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1344
3.79 MTE/sec
1280
1.50 MElements/sec
HTML51361
1.60 MElements/sec
1528
478.6 Krows/sec
SQLite1392
436.0 Krows/sec
1389
75.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1547
83.9 Mpixels/sec
850
271.0 KB/sec
Text Rendering1175
374.3 KB/sec
1513
11.8 Klines/sec
Clang1524
11.9 Klines/sec
1236
14.3 images/sec
Camera1182
13.7 images/sec
772
966.5 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics1521
1.90 Mpairs/sec
1345
8330.6 FPS
Rigid Body Physics1732
10732.5 FPS
1283
70.5 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur190
10.5 Mpixels/sec
1577
12.1 images/sec
Face Detection1548
11.9 images/sec
1127
27.8 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection1687
41.6 Mpixels/sec
2075
101.8 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting2366
116.1 Mpixels/sec
2672
36.4 Mpixels/sec
HDR1564
21.3 Mpixels/sec
1751
1.41 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1711
1.37 Mpixels/sec
1124
10.1 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion586
5.25 Kpixels/sec
789
25.2 Words/sec
Speech Recognition1513
48.4 Words/sec
435
16.8 images/sec
Machine Learning558
21.6 images/sec