AMD A8-5550M vs Intel Pentium 2127U

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs Intel Pentium 2000 Series 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
2% slightly better overall score
619 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1206 points
1361 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

483 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
441 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

466 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
423 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

884 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
669 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

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

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

634 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
534 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

282 points
311 points
10% slightly 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
100% significantly more threads
2

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
10% slightly higher clock speed
1.9 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
1,055th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Pentium 2000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June
2013 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

A8-5550M vs Pentium 2127U comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the A8-5550M performs better than the Pentium 2127U. Despite this, the Pentium 2127U has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the A8-5550M has significantly more cores than the Pentium 2127U. Indeed, the A8-5550M has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium 2127U. It also has more threads than the Pentium 2127U. Our comparison shows that the A8-5550M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Pentium 2127U. The Pentium 2127U 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.

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