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AMD A8-5550M

AMD A8-5550M

The AMD A8-5550M is a mobile quad-core processor based on the Richland-architecture. As successor to the A8-4500M, the A8-5550M has a slightly higher CPU and graphics performance and settles in the lower middle class. The APU integrates 4 CPU cores, a DirectX 11 graphics unit and the Northbridge along with a DDR3 memory controller.

Compared to Trinity, Richland has been modified just slightly. Therefore, no changes in the feature set or the Pro-MHz performance can be reported. The design of the chip is still based on the Bulldozer architecture, which consists of so-called modules. Each of the two modules integrates 2 integer units, but only one FPU. Just like Trinity, Richland supports nearly all current techniques such as AVX (including FMA), AES or Turbo Core.

According to the clock rates of 2.1 to 3.1 GHz, the A8-5550M performs about 15 percent slower than the A10-5750M and similar to a Core i3-2310M. Consequently, the performance in current applications and games is sufficient.

The graphics unit called Radeon HD 8550G offers 256 shader units (VLIW4) and clocks slightly higher than the HD 7640G. With fast dual-channel memory, performance matches a dedicated Radeon HD 7570M.

The power consumption of the entire APU is rated at 35 watts, which is comparable to conventional middle-class models of competition. Thus, the APU is best suited for 14 inch notebooks or bigger.

SeriesAMD A-Series
CodenameRichland

Series: A-Series Richland

AMD A10-5750M compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-5757M compare2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A10-5745M compare2.1 - 2.9 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8-5550M « 2.1 - 3.1 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8-5557M compare2.1 - 3.1 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A8-5545M compare1.7 - 2.7 GHz4 / 4 cores
AMD A6-5350M compare2.9 - 3.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD A6-5357M compare2.9 - 3.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD A4-5150M compare2.7 - 3.3 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD A6-5345M compare2.2 - 2.8 GHz2 / 2 cores
AMD A4-5145M compare2 - 2.6 GHz2 / 2 cores
Clock Rate2100 - 3100 MHz
Level 2 Cache4 MB
Number of Cores / Threads4 / 4
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)35 Watt
Manufacturing Technology32 nm
FeaturesSSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A), x86-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controller
GPUAMD Radeon HD 8550G (515 - 720 MHz)
64 Bit64 Bit support
Architecturex86
Announcement Date03/12/2013

Benchmarks

Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1.9     avg: 2     median: 2.1 (3%)     max: 2.06 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 0.78     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (19%)     max: 0.79 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 2139     avg: 2276     median: 2321 (14%)     max: 2368 points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 5334     avg: 5702     median: 5844 (4%)     max: 5929 points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 7526     avg: 7930     median: 8077 (6%)     max: 8186 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 2902     avg: 3081     median: 3155 (4%)     max: 3187 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 863     avg: 900     median: 891 (11%)     max: 947 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 25.3     avg: 26.2     median: 26 (5%)     max: 27.18 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 1902     avg: 1933     median: 1932.5 (3%)     max: 1963 points
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 13.3     avg: 13.5     median: 13.5 (5%)     max: 13.67 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 67     avg: 70.6     median: 70.6 (16%)     max: 74.2 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.141     avg: 0.1     median: 0.1 (4%)     max: 0.148 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 0.256     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (5%)     max: 0.269 GB/s
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 2768     avg: 2854     median: 2795 (6%)     max: 2999 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 31.4     avg: 31.5     median: 31.4 (7%)     max: 31.61 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 1849     avg: 1852     median: 1851.5 (8%)     max: 1854 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 6035     avg: 6251     median: 6321 (6%)     max: 6398 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 2274     avg: 2437     median: 2503 (7%)     max: 2535 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 19496     avg: 21244     median: 21872 (18%)     max: 22365 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
22155 Points (18%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
25741 Points (22%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 1662     avg: 1771     median: 1777 (4%)     max: 1869 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2350     avg: 2492     median: 2489 (4%)     max: 2641 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
395 points (17%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
1073 points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
1691 points (33%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
3498 Points (32%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
4514 Points (9%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
4432 Points (12%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 2921     avg: 3334     median: 2939 (3%)     max: 4141 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 185.5     avg: 235.7     median: 235.7 (3%)     max: 285.8 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 8435     avg: 11020     median: 11019.5 (10%)     max: 13604 Points
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Surrounding CPUs

+ Intel Core i3-2312M
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+ Intel Core i3-2310M
   2x 2.1 GHz
+ Intel Core i3-2308M
   2x 2.1 GHz
+ Intel Core i5-2557M
   2x 1.7 GHz - 2.7 GHz
+ AMD A10-5745M
   4x 2.1 GHz - 2.9 GHz
» AMD A8-5550M
   4x 2.1 GHz - 3.1 GHz
- AMD A8-5557M
   4x 2.1 GHz - 3.1 GHz
- Intel Core m3-6Y30
   2x 0.9 GHz - 2.2 GHz
- Intel Core M-5Y51
   2x 1.1 GHz - 2.6 GHz
- Intel Core M-5Y70
   2x 1.1 GHz - 2.6 GHz
- Intel Celeron 4205U
   2x 1.8 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2017-09- 5)