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AMD A8-5550M vs Intel Pentium 3556U

AMD

AMD A8-5550M

AMD Socket FS1r2 2100 MHz 4 cores Jun 2013 MOBILE
AMD A8-5550M
Intel

Intel Pentium 3556U

Intel BGA1168 1700 MHz 2 cores Sep 2013 MOBILE
Intel Pentium 3556U

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A8-5550M178%
  • Intel Pentium 3556U100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A8-5550M100%
  • Intel Pentium 3556U101%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A8-5550M221%
  • Intel Pentium 3556U100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5550M

  • Much higher multi threaded performance (around 121% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
  • Around 78% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium 3556U

  • None
AMD A8-5550M
Gaming

HWSpot recommends the AMD A8-5550M

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD A8-5550M
Productivity

HWSpot recommends the AMD A8-5550M

Based on productivity benchmarks, overall multithreaded performance and theoretical specifications.

Specifications

Features

AMD A8-5550MIntel Pentium 3556U
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
SSSE3
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
EIST
64-bit
XD bit
VT-x
Smart Cache

Architecture

AMD A8-5550MIntel Pentium 3556U
ArchitectureAMD PiledriverIntel_Haswell
MarketMobileMobile
Memory SupportDDR3DDR3
CodenameRichlandHaswell
Release DateJun 2013Sep 2013

Cores

AMD A8-5550MIntel Pentium 3556U
Cores42
Threads42
SMPs11
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 8550GIntel HD

Cache

AMD A8-5550MIntel Pentium 3556U
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KB2048 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A8-5550MIntel Pentium 3556U
SocketAMD Socket FS1r2Intel BGA1168
Max Case Temp71°C105°C
PackageuPGAFC-BGA1168
Die Size246mm²118mm²
Process32 nm22 nm

Performance

AMD A8-5550MIntel Pentium 3556U
Cpu Frequency2100 MHz1700 MHz
Turbo Clock3100 MHznone
Base Clock100 MHz100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vunknown
TDP35 W15 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-5550M1891 points
  • Intel Pentium 3556U1904 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A8-5550M4201 points
  • Intel Pentium 3556U3808 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A8-5550M3397
  • Intel Pentium 3556U2450

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A8-5550M1306
  • Intel Pentium 3556U1413

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A8-5550M2795
  • Intel Pentium 3556U1939

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A8-5550M2321
  • Intel Pentium 3556U2515

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A8-5550M5844
  • Intel Pentium 3556U4854

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5550M0.78
  • Intel Pentium 3556U0.75

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5550M2.05
  • Intel Pentium 3556U1.43

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5550M68
  • Intel Pentium 3556U65.5

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A8-5550M188
  • Intel Pentium 3556U125.5

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD A8-5550M31.42
  • Intel Pentium 3556U22.45

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD A8-5550M26.02
  • Intel Pentium 3556U46.23

seconds - lower is better

WinRAR 4.0

  • AMD A8-5550M1932.5
  • Intel Pentium 3556U1190

MB/s - higher is better

x264 Pass 1

  • AMD A8-5550M70.59
  • Intel Pentium 3556U49.2

FPS - higher is better

x264 Pass 2

  • AMD A8-5550M13.49
  • Intel Pentium 3556U9.1

FPS - higher is better

TrueCrypt AES

  • AMD A8-5550M1.3
  • Intel Pentium 3556U0.15

GB/s

TrueCrypt Twofish

  • AMD A8-5550M0.26
  • Intel Pentium 3556U0.12

GB/s

TrueCrypt Serpent

  • AMD A8-5550M0.14
  • Intel Pentium 3556U0.07

GB/s

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