AMD Ryzen 3 2200G vs AMD A8-5500

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
AMD Socket AM4DESKTOP
3500 MHz / Cores: 4 / Jan 2018
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
AMD A8-5500
AMD Socket FM2DESKTOP
3200 MHz / Cores: 4 / Oct 2012
AMD A8-5500

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
    198%
  • AMD A8-5500
    100%

Relative performance

Single thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
    166%
  • AMD A8-5500
    100%

Relative performance

Multi thread performance index

  • AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
    229%
  • AMD A8-5500
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

Much higher single threaded performance (around 66% higher), makes a noticeable performance difference in gaming and the majority of applications.
Much higher multi threaded performance (around 129% 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 98% higher average synthetic performance.

Reasons to consider AMD A8-5500

None

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

Gaming

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

Based on game and synthetic benchmarks, and theoretical specifications.

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

Productivity

HWBench recommends AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

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


Specifications

Features

AMD Ryzen 3 2200GAMD A8-5500
MMX
SSE
SSE2
SSE3
SSE4A
SSE4.1
SSE4.2
AVX
AES
F16C
BMI1
AMD64
CnQ
NX bit
AMD-V
3DNow!

Architecture

AMD Ryzen 3 2200GAMD A8-5500
ArchitectureAMD ZenvsAMD Piledriver
MarketDesktopvsDesktop
Memory SupportDDR4vsDDR3
CodenameZenvsTrinity
Release DateJan 2018vsOct 2012

Cores

AMD Ryzen 3 2200GAMD A8-5500
Cores4vs4
Threads4vs4
SMPs1vs1
Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 8vsRadeon HD 7560D

Cache

AMD Ryzen 3 2200GAMD A8-5500
L1 Cache128 KB (per core)vs128 KB (per core)
L2 Cache512 KB (per core)vs1024 KB (per core)
L3 Cache1024 KB (shared)vs0 KB

Physical

AMD Ryzen 3 2200GAMD A8-5500
SocketAMD Socket AM4vsAMD Socket FM2
Max Case Tempunknownvs71°C
PackagevsuPGA
Die Size246mm²vs246mm²
Process14 nmvs32 nm

Performance

AMD Ryzen 3 2200GAMD A8-5500
Cpu Frequency3500 MHzvs3200 MHz
Turbo Clock3700 MHzvs3700 MHz
Base Clock100 MHzvs100 MHz
Voltagevariablevs1.475 V
TDP65 Wvs65 W

Raw performance index

Raw single-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
    4070 points
  • AMD A8-5500
    2257 points

Points - higher is better

Raw multi-thread performance estimation

  • AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
    15400 points
  • AMD A8-5500
    6402 points

Points - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
    140
  • AMD A8-5500 (simulated)
    84.09

points - higher is better

Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit

  • AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
    585
  • AMD A8-5500 (simulated)
    254.44

points - higher is better