AMD A8-5550M vs Intel Core m3-6Y30

A8-5550M vs Core m3-6Y30 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the A8-5550M beats the Core m3-6Y30 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core m3-6Y30 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 m3-6Y30 has 2 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the A8-5550M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core m3-6Y30. Also, the A8-5550M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core m3-6Y30 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.