AMD A6-5357M vs AMD A8-5550M

Compare AMD 2 core CPU vs AMD 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

664 points
4% slightly better overall score
635 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1477 points
22% slightly better gaming score
1206 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

468 points
483 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

449 points
466 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

2
4
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed
3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
Identical
35 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB
512 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,044th of 1,089
1,051st of 1,089

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June
2013 June

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

A6-5357M vs A8-5550M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A6-5357M beats the A8-5550M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-5550M in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the A8-5550M has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the A6-5357M has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A6-5357M. Our comparison shows that the A6-5357M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A8-5550M. Also, the A6-5357M has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the A6-5357M has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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