AMD A8-5550M
The A8-5550M is a 4 core CPU from AMD released in 2013. This chip has a bad overall score with 635 points in our CPU benchmark. Our gaming benchmark shows that this CPU is an average processor for gaming, with a score of 1206 points. As for multitasking and heavy workloads, the A8-5550M scores 483 points and 466 points respectively. Indeed, this is a bad rating for very heavy workloads.
The A8-5550M has 4 cores and 4 threads. This chip has no simultaneous multithreading support, as it has the same number of cores as threads. This AMD CPU has a clock speed of 2.1 GHz and a turbo speed of 3.1 GHz : a higher clock speed that can be reached when thermals and power delivery allow. This CPU has a locked multiplier, so you are not able to overclock it beyond this frequency.
In terms of cache, the A8-5550M has 512 KiB of level 1 cache, . This is a fast memory located close to the processor, which stores copies of frequently used data from main memory.
Power and thermals for the AMD A8-5550M CPU are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 35 watts. This measures the amount of heat the processor produces when running at full load. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's a good estimate.
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