AMD A8-5550M vs AMD PRO A8-8600B

Compare AMD 4 core CPU vs AMD PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops 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

834 points

31% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

1206 points

1650 points

36% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

483 points

617 points

27% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

466 points

589 points

26% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

634 points

982 points

54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

282 points

411 points

45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz

31% slightly higher clock speed

1.6 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.1 GHz

3% slightly higher turbo speed

3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W

15 W

133% significantly lower TDP

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

1,080th of 1,118

1,019th of 1,118

Family

The product line

PRO A-Series A8 APU for Laptops

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2013 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

A8-5550M vs PRO A8-8600B benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the PRO A8-8600B is faster 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 PRO A8-8600B. Indeed, the A8-5550M has 4 cores compared to 2 cores found in the PRO A8-8600B. 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 PRO A8-8600B. Also, the A8-5550M has a slightly higher turbo speed. The PRO A8-8600B 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.