A4-5300 vs A8-5550M

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Aggregate performance score

A8-5550M
2013
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
1.18
+37.2%
A4-5300
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.86

A8-5550M outperforms A4-5300 by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A8-5550M and A4-5300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking23512556
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD A-Series (Desktop)
Power efficiency3.191.25
Architecture codenameRichland (2013−2014)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date1 June 2013 (11 years ago)2 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-5550M and A4-5300 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.1 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.6 GHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)128K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm2246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °C70 °C
Number of transistors1,178 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-5550M and A4-5300 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
SocketFS1r2FM2
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5550M and A4-5300. 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, AVX, FMAMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, XOP, FMA3, FMA4
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5550M and A4-5300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5550M and A4-5300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 8550GAMD Radeon HD 7480D

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.

A8-5550M 1.18
+37.2%
A4-5300 0.86

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.

A8-5550M 1869
+37.4%
A4-5300 1360

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.

A8-5550M 280
A4-5300 369
+31.8%

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.

A8-5550M 659
+30.8%
A4-5300 504

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.

A8-5550M 2321
A4-5300 2734
+17.8%

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.

A8-5550M 5844
+34.5%
A4-5300 4345

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.

A8-5550M 2795
+22.4%
A4-5300 2284

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.

A8-5550M 26.02
+36.4%
A4-5300 35.5

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.

A8-5550M 2
+41.4%
A4-5300 1

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

A8-5550M 188
+75.7%
A4-5300 107

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made 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 (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

A8-5550M 68
+1.5%
A4-5300 67

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.

A8-5550M 0.78
A4-5300 0.91
+16.7%

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.

A8-5550M 1.3
+58.5%
A4-5300 0.8

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.  

A8-5550M 13
+40.2%
A4-5300 10

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.  

A8-5550M 71
+41.2%
A4-5300 50

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.

A8-5550M 1933
+43.5%
A4-5300 1347

Geekbench 2

A8-5550M 4432
+3.8%
A4-5300 4268

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.18 0.86
Integrated graphics card 1.07 0.72
Recency 1 June 2013 2 October 2012
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

A8-5550M has a 37.2% higher aggregate performance score, 48.6% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 7 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

The A8-5550M is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-5300 in performance tests.

Be aware that A8-5550M is a notebook processor while A4-5300 is a desktop one.


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