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AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs AMD A8-5600K. Specifications, performance, tests

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2022-04-04
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
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AMD A8-5600K
AMD A8-5600K

What's the best choice AMD Ryzen 5 4500 or AMD A8-5600K? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 has a base frequency of 3.6 GHz. 6 / 12 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in 2022-04-04.

AMD A8-5600K has a base frequency of 3.60 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 100 W. Released in Q3/2012.

Differences

AMD Ryzen 5 4500 Reasons to consider
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
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  • More number of cores

    2 more cores

    6 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 5% higher specified turbo frequency

    4.1 GHz left arrow 3.90 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    65 W left arrow 100 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 4500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    261 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    279 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    338 place
AMD A8-5600K Reasons to consider
AMD A8-5600K
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Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A8-5600K CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    495 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    433 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    754 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    960 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    923 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    870 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    622 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    655 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    574 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    529 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (iGPU, OpenGL)
    35 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    740 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 AMD Ryzen 5 4500
AMD A8-5600K AMD A8-5600K
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    AMD Ryzen 4000G left arrow AMD A8-5000
  • Family
    Ryzen left arrow AMD A
  • Form Factor
    Desktops / Boxed Processor left arrow -
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 2
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Series
    Ryzen 4000 Series left arrow -
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.6 GHz left arrow 3.6 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • Core Configuration
    6x Zen 2 left arrow -
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 4
  • CPU Threads
    12 left arrow 4
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Boost Clock
    4.1 GHz left arrow -
  • Overclocking
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    4.1 GHz left arrow 3.9 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    - left arrow 3.9 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    None left arrow AMD Radeon HD 7560D
  • DirectX Version
    - left arrow 11
  • Execution units
    - left arrow 4
  • Generation
    - left arrow 4
  • GPU Frequency
    - left arrow 760 MHz
  • GPU Turbo
    - left arrow No turbo
  • Max. displays
    - left arrow 2
  • Max. GPU Memory
    - left arrow 2 GB
  • Release date
    - left arrow Q3/2012
  • Shader
    - left arrow 256
  • Technology
    - left arrow 32 nm
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    No left arrow Decode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A8-5600K and AMD Ryzen 5 4500. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow No
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    51.2 GB/s left arrow -
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4 left arrow DDR3-1866
  • PCIe
    PCIe 3.0 left arrow -
  • System Memory Specification
    3200 left arrow -
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD A8-5600K Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Default TDP
    65 W left arrow -
  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    95 °C left arrow -
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    65 W left arrow 100 W
  • TDP down
    45 W left arrow -
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD A8-5600K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Renoir (Zen 2) left arrow Trinity (Piledriver)
  • Codename
    Renoir left arrow -
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
  • L1-Cache
    0.375 MB left arrow -
  • L2-Cache
    3 MB left arrow -
  • L3-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 4 MB
  • Manufacturer product ID (boxed)
    100-100000644BOX left arrow -
  • Manufacturer product ID (tray)
    100-000000644 left arrow -
  • Operating systems
    Windows 11 - 64-Bit Edition / Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition / RHEL x86 64-Bit / Ubuntu x86 64-Bit left arrow -
  • Release date
    2022-04-04 left arrow Q3/2012
  • Socket
    AM4 left arrow FM2
  • Technology
    TSMC 7nm FinFET left arrow 32 nm
  • Thermal Solution (PIB)
    AMD Wraith Stealth left arrow -
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V, SVM left arrow AMD-V

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

AMD Ryzen 5 4500

AMD A8-5600K

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 4 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 2623.831739 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 4 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: BIOSTAR Group / A520MT
Duration: 381.122 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD Ryzen 5 4500 and AMD A8-5600K.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

1182.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
501.000000
AMD A8-5600K
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively

Higher values are better in this metric.

6209.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
1396.000000
AMD A8-5600K
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks

Higher values are better in this metric.

11094.000000
AMD Ryzen 5 4500
4359.000000
AMD A8-5600K

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