E2-3000 vs A8-5550M

Place in the ranking	2354	2926
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD E-Series
Power efficiency	3.19	2.90
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Kabini (2013−2014)
Release date	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-5550M and E2-3000 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	1.65 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1024 KB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-5550M and E2-3000 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FS1r2	FT3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5550M and E2-3000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	FMA4
AVX	+	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5550M and E2-3000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5550M and E2-3000. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Max memory channels	no data	1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon HD 8550G (515 - 720 MHz)	AMD Radeon HD 8280
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-5550M and E2-3000 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-5550M and E2-3000 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-5550M and E2-3000.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

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
+157%

E2-3000 0.46

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
+157%

E2-3000 726

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.18	0.46
Integrated graphics card	1.07	0.67
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt