AMD A8-5550M vs Intel Core i7 Q 720

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs Intel 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

907 points

42% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1206 points

1463 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

483 points

740 points

53% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

466 points

709 points

52% significantly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

31% slightly higher clock speed

1.6 GHz

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,051st of 1,089

981st of 1,089

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

A8-5550M vs Core i7 Q 720 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7 Q 720 beats the A8-5550M in overall performance. Despite this, the A8-5550M has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7 Q 720 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the A8-5550M has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7 Q 720.

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.