AMD A8-5550M vs AMD A8-6410

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD A8-Series APU for Laptops 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

635 points

676 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1206 points

1314 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

483 points

498 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

466 points

477 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

884 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

631 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

336 points

44% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

233 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

634 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

603 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

282 points

23% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

228 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

29% slightly higher turbo speed

2.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

15 W

133% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,051st of 1,089

1,039th of 1,089

Family

The product line

A8-Series APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3L

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

A8-5550M vs A8-6410 comparison

In our benchmarks, the A8-5550M beats the A8-6410 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-6410 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-5550M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A8-6410. The A8-6410 outputs less heat than A8-5550M thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. For instance, the A8-5550M has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.