AMD A8-5550M vs Intel Core i5-3337U

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs Intel Core 2 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
946 points
48% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1206 points
1866 points
54% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

483 points
706 points
46% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

466 points
677 points
45% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

884 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
814 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

336 points
394 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

634 points
808 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

282 points
403 points
42% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
100% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed
2.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
17 W
105% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,051st of 1,089
970th of 1,089

Family

The product line

-
Core

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June
2013 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

A8-5550M vs Core i5-3337U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-3337U performs better than the A8-5550M. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the A8-5550M in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A8-5550M has significantly more cores than the Core i5-3337U. Indeed, the A8-5550M has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core i5-3337U. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the A8-5550M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-3337U. Also, the A8-5550M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-3337U 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.

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.

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