AMD A4-3300M vs AMD A8-5550M

AMD A4-3300M
AMD Socket FS1MOBILE
1900 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jun 2011
AMD A4-3300M
AMD A8-5550M
AMD Socket FS1r2MOBILE
2100 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jun 2013
AMD A8-5550M

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A4-3300M
    100%
  • AMD A8-5550M
    155%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A4-3300M
    100%
  • AMD A8-5550M
    125%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A4-3300M
    100%
  • AMD A8-5550M
    172%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A4-3300M

None

Reasons to consider AMD A8-5550M

Much higher single threaded performance (around 25% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 72% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
This is a newer product, it might have better application compatibility/performance (check features chart below).
Around 55% higher average synthetic performance.

AMD A8-5550M

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD A8-5550M

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD A8-5550M

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD A8-5550M

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A4-3300MAMD A8-5550M
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
AMD64
Power Now!
NX bit
AMD-V
CnQ

Architecture

AMD A4-3300MAMD A8-5550M
ArchitectureAMD LLanovsAMD Piledriver
MarketMobilevsMobile
Memory SupportDDR3vsDDR3
CodenameLlanovsRichland
Release DateJun 2011vsJun 2013

Cores

AMD A4-3300MAMD A8-5550M
Cores2vs4
Threads2vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon HD 6480GvsRadeon HD 8550G

Cache

AMD A4-3300MAMD A8-5550M
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs0 KB

Physical

AMD A4-3300MAMD A8-5550M
SocketAMD Socket FS1vsAMD Socket FS1r2
Max Case Tempunknownvs71°C
PackageuPGAvsuPGA
Die Size228mm²vs246mm²
Process32 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD A4-3300MAMD A8-5550M
Cpu Frequency1900 MHzvs2100 MHz
Turbo Clock2500 MHzvs3100 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.4125 Vvs1.475 V
TDP35 Wvs35 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-3300M
    2500 points
  • AMD A8-5550M
    1891 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A4-3300M
    3800 points
  • AMD A8-5550M
    4201 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Multi Core)

  • AMD A4-3300M
    1740
  • AMD A8-5550M
    3397

points - higher is better

GeekBench 3 (32-bit Single Core)

  • AMD A4-3300M
    972
  • AMD A8-5550M
    1306

points - higher is better

3DMark06 CPU

  • AMD A4-3300M
    1556
  • AMD A8-5550M
    2795

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Single

  • AMD A4-3300M
    1741.5
  • AMD A8-5550M
    2321

points - higher is better

Cinebench R10 32Bit Multi

  • AMD A4-3300M
    3417
  • AMD A8-5550M
    5844

points - higher is better

Cinebench R11.5 64Bit

  • AMD A4-3300M
    1.12
  • AMD A8-5550M
    2.05

points - higher is better

SuperPI 1M

  • AMD A4-3300M
    35.05
  • AMD A8-5550M
    31.42

seconds - lower is better

wPrime 32

  • AMD A4-3300M
    40.2
  • AMD A8-5550M
    26.02

seconds - lower is better