AMD A8-5557M vs Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

What is the difference between AMD A8-5557M and Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600. Find out which CPU has better performance.

AMD A8-5557M
AMD A8-5557M
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

Performance (Benchmarks)

365Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score329
1041Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1031
3DMark Time Spy Physics Score1189

Processor Specs

AMD A8-5557MProcessorIntel Core 2 Quad Q6600
2100 MHzFrequency2400 MHz
3100 MHzMaximum Frequency
4Cores4
4Threads4
35 WTDP105 W
Radeon HD 8550GGPU
RichlandCodenameKentsfield
BGA827 (FP2)PackageLGA775

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

334Single-Core Score330
1014Multi-Core Score1045
Geekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Linux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 5.4.0-72-generic x86_64Operating SystemWindows 10 Pro (64-bit)
GIGABYTE GB-BXA8-5557ModelSystem manufacturer P5K
GIGABYTE M1M3XCP-00MotherboardASUSTeK Computer INC. P5K

CPU Specifications

AMD A8-5557MNameIntel Core 2 Quad Q6600
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 4 Cores
AuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 19 Stepping 1IdentifierGenuineIntel Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 11
2.10 GHzBase Frequency2.41 GHz
Maximum Frequency2405 MHz
PackageSocket 775 LGA
CodenameKentsfield
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 Cache4.00 MB x 2

Memory Information

6.98 GBSize3.00 GB
Frequency400 MHz
TypeDDR2 SDRAM
Channels2

Geekbench 5 result (single)

334Single-Core Score330
549Crypto Score48
337Integer Score358
292Floating Point Score 317
549
958.2 MB/sec		AES-XTS48
83.1 MB/sec
412
2.08 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)489
2.47 MB/sec
379
18.0 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression428
20.2 Mpixels/sec
408
1.15 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)327
922.7 KTE/sec
308
362.2 KElements/sec		HTML5346
406.5 KElements/sec
347
108.6 Krows/sec		SQLite394
123.4 Krows/sec
318
17.2 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering371
20.2 Mpixels/sec
267
85.0 KB/sec		Text Rendering246
78.4 KB/sec
331
2.58 Klines/sec		Clang388
3.03 Klines/sec
290
3.37 images/sec		Camera291
3.38 images/sec
227
284.4 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics230
288.1 Kpairs/sec
227
1407.8 FPS		Rigid Body Physics353
2186.1 FPS
242
13.3 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur299
16.4 Mpixels/sec
274
2.11 images/sec		Face Detection405
3.11 images/sec
237
5.83 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection413
10.2 Mpixels/sec
620
30.4 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting485
23.8 Mpixels/sec
627
8.54 Mpixels/sec		HDR380
5.17 Mpixels/sec
337
270.2 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing404
324.3 Kpixels/sec
234
2.10 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion234
2.09 Kpixels/sec
317
10.1 Words/sec		Speech Recognition346
11.0 Words/sec
170
6.55 images/sec		Machine Learning131
5.06 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

1014Multi-Core Score1045
1284Crypto Score174
1020Integer Score1117
956Floating Point Score 1034
1284
2.19 GB/sec		AES-XTS174
304.1 MB/sec
1370
6.93 MB/sec		Text Compression (LZMA)1629
8.24 MB/sec
1161
54.9 Mpixels/sec		Image Compression1538
72.8 Mpixels/sec
1084
3.06 MTE/sec		Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)582
1.64 MTE/sec
868
1.02 MElements/sec		HTML51215
1.43 MElements/sec
1063
333.2 Krows/sec		SQLite1486
465.5 Krows/sec
1049
56.9 Mpixels/sec		PDF Rendering1176
63.8 Mpixels/sec
805
256.6 KB/sec		Text Rendering758
241.6 KB/sec
997
7.77 Klines/sec		Clang1344
10.5 Klines/sec
891
10.3 images/sec		Camera856
9.92 images/sec
636
795.8 Kpairs/sec		N-Body Physics710
888.0 Kpairs/sec
881
5461.0 FPS		Rigid Body Physics1323
8199.6 FPS
856
47.1 Mpixels/sec		Gaussian Blur1166
64.1 Mpixels/sec
1041
8.01 images/sec		Face Detection1517
11.7 images/sec
863
21.3 Mpixels/sec		Horizon Detection1289
31.8 Mpixels/sec
1742
85.5 Mpixels/sec		Image Inpainting1335
65.5 Mpixels/sec
1990
27.1 Mpixels/sec		HDR1381
18.8 Mpixels/sec
1145
919.8 Kpixels/sec		Ray Tracing1564
1.26 Mpixels/sec
781
7.00 Kpixels/sec		Structure from Motion820
7.34 Kpixels/sec
980
31.3 Words/sec		Speech Recognition837
26.8 Words/sec
466
18.0 images/sec		Machine Learning342
13.2 images/sec