AMD A8-5550M vs Intel Core i3-3130M

A8-5550M vs Core i3-3130M benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-5550M performs better than the Core i3-3130M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-3130M 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 Core i3-3130M has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i3-3130M 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.

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 A8-5550M has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.