AMD A8-5550M vs Intel Core i3-3120M

A8-5550M vs Core i3-3120M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i3-3120M beats the A8-5550M in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-5550M in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the A8-5550M has significantly more cores with 4 cores compared to the Core i3-3120M that has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3120M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the A8-5550M. 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.

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.