what is a comparable upgrade?
i just got a new desktop and wish to upgrade the processor currently its a amd a8-5500 processor.
and wish to have something similar to a intel i7. i would just get that but it is not compatible with the mother board.
thanks
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a8-5500 can compared to Intel i3 but not i7 family, in general the AMD has much better performance with graphic programs, while in single or multi thread processes, the Intel is much faster compared to the a8-5500.
Sure you cannot upgrade the CPU between AMD and Intel as each has it's technology.
In games and graphics programs, the processor has 81% better performance. The microprocessor supports FMA4 and XOP instructions. Although these extensions are not broadly supported by applications yet, their support should improve in future programs.
The A8-5500 incorporates FMA3 instruction set extension. This technology is only offered on AMD processors, thus not many software vendors may support it in the future.
The official price of the AMD A8-5500 is significantly lower than the price of the Core i7-3770S CPU.
And the a8-5500 processor has 177% better price/performance ratio.