AMD A6-9550 vs Intel Core i5-5350U

AMD A6-9550
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3800 MHz / Cores: 2 / Jul 2017
AMD A6-9550
Intel Core i5-5350U
MOBILE
1800 MHz / Cores: 2 / unknown
Intel Core i5-5350U

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD A6-9550
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-5350U
    155%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD A6-9550
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-5350U
    136%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD A6-9550
    100%
  • Intel Core i5-5350U
    173%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD A6-9550

None

Reasons to consider Intel Core i5-5350U

Much higher single threaded performance (around 36% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 73% higher). This allows for higher performance in professional applications like encoding or heavy multitasking.
50 watts lower power draw.
Around 55% higher average synthetic performance.

Intel Core i5-5350U

Gaming

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-5350U

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

Intel Core i5-5350U

Productivity

HWBench recommends Intel Core i5-5350U

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


Specifications

Features

AMD A6-9550Intel Core i5-5350U
MMX
3DNow!
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
SSE4A
AMD64
AES
AVX
AVX2
BMI1
BMI2
FMA3
FMA4
F16C
TBM
XOP
AMD-V
EVP
Turbo Core
SSSE3
EIST
64-bit
XD bit
VT-x
Smart Cache
ADX
RDSEED
PREFETCHW
HTT

Architecture

AMD A6-9550Intel Core i5-5350U
ArchitectureAMD ExcavatorvsIntel_Broadwell
MarketDesktopvsMobile
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameBristol RidgevsBroadwell-U
Release DateJul 2017vsunknown

Cores

AMD A6-9550Intel Core i5-5350U
Cores2vs2
Threads2vs2
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon R5vsIntel HD 6000

Cache

AMD A6-9550Intel Core i5-5350U
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs64 KB (per core)
L2 Cache1024 KB (per core)vs256 KB (per core)
L3 Cache0 KBvs3072 KB (shared)

Physical

AMD A6-9550Intel Core i5-5350U
SocketAMD Socket AM4vs
Max Case Temp74°Cvs105°C
PackageuPGAvs
Die Size246mm²vsunknown
Process28 nmvs14 nm

Performance

AMD A6-9550Intel Core i5-5350U
Cpu Frequency3800 MHzvs1800 MHz
Turbo Clock4000 MHzvs2900 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltage1.475 Vvsunknown
TDP65 Wvs15 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-9550
    2760 points
  • Intel Core i5-5350U
    3248 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD A6-9550
    4562 points
  • Intel Core i5-5350U
    4032 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD A6-9550 (simulated)
    84.76
  • Intel Core i5-5350U
    116

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD A6-9550 (simulated)
    159.5
  • Intel Core i5-5350U
    277

points - higher is better