Ryzen 5 3550H vs A6-1450

Aggregate performance score

A6-1450
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 8 Watt
0.67
Ryzen 5 3550H
2019
4 cores / 8 threads, 35 Watt
4.89
+630%

Ryzen 5 3550H outperforms A6-1450 by a whopping 630% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A6-1450 and Ryzen 5 3550H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27451245
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD Ryzen 5
Power efficiency4.2213.21
Architecture codenameTemash (2013)Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)
Release date23 May 2013 (11 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-1450 and Ryzen 5 3550H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads48
Base clock speed1 GHz2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed1.4 GHz3.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataPCIe 3.0
Multiplierno data21
L1 cache128K (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm12 nm
Die size246 mm2209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million4940 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on A6-1450 and Ryzen 5 3550H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFT3FP5
Power consumption (TDP)8 - 15 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-1450 and Ryzen 5 3550H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVXMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA
AES-NI++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-1450 and Ryzen 5 3550H are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-1450 and Ryzen 5 3550H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.4 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 8250 (300 - 400 MHz)AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A6-1450 and Ryzen 5 3550H.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6-1450 0.67
Ryzen 5 3550H 4.89
+630%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A6-1450 1072
Ryzen 5 3550H 7765
+624%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A6-1450 151
Ryzen 5 3550H 943
+525%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A6-1450 446
Ryzen 5 3550H 2862
+542%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A6-1450 1064
Ryzen 5 3550H 4592
+332%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A6-1450 2861
Ryzen 5 3550H 19521
+582%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A6-1450 1439
Ryzen 5 3550H 7174
+399%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A6-1450 60
Ryzen 5 3550H 7.67
+682%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A6-1450 1
Ryzen 5 3550H 9
+730%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

A6-1450 0.34
Ryzen 5 3550H 1.65
+385%

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

A6-1450 0.7
Ryzen 5 3550H 4.7
+601%

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

A6-1450 785
Ryzen 5 3550H 2929
+273%

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

A6-1450 6
Ryzen 5 3550H 44
+633%

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

A6-1450 29
Ryzen 5 3550H 147
+404%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.67 4.89
Integrated graphics card 0.55 4.51
Recency 23 May 2013 6 January 2019
Threads 4 8
Chip lithography 32 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 8 Watt 35 Watt

A6-1450 has 337.5% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 3550H, on the other hand, has a 629.9% higher aggregate performance score, 720% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more threads, and a 166.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Ryzen 5 3550H is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-1450 in performance tests.


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