AMD A6-9225 vs AMD A8-5550M

Compare AMD A6-Series APU for Laptops 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

668 points
5% slightly better overall score
635 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1491 points
23% slightly better gaming score
1206 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

469 points
483 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

448 points
466 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

453 points
884 points
95% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

271 points
336 points
23% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

746 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
634 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

501 points
77% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
282 points

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

2.6 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
Identical
3.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
133% significantly lower TDP
35 W

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,042nd of 1,089
1,051st of 1,089

Family

The product line

A6-Series APU for Laptops
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2013 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

A6-9225 vs A8-5550M comparison

In our benchmarks, the A6-9225 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 A6-9225 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the A6-9225. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A6-9225 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A8-5550M. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A A6-9225 CPU outputs less heat than a A8-5550M CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the A6-9225 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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