AMD Ryzen 5 3550H

The AMD Ryzen 5 3550H is a mobile SoC that was announced in January 2019. It combines four Zen+ cores (8 threads) clocked at 2.1 - 3.7 GHz with a Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics card with 8 CUs (512 Shaders) clocked at up to 1400 MHz. Compared to the similar Ryzen 5 3500U, the 3550H offers a 20 Watt higher TDP and therefore a better performance under long periods of load. The integrated dual-channel memory controller supports up to DDR4-2400 memory. As the features of the Picasso APUs are the same compared to the Raven Ridge predecessors, we point to our Raven Ridge launch article.

The Picasso SoCs use the Zen+ microarchitecture with slight improvements that should lead to a 3% IPS (performance per clock) improvements. Furthermore, the 12nm process allows higher clock rates at similar power consumptions.

AMD states that the Picasso APUs are about 8% faster than the predecessors. Including the 35 Watt TDP, the 3550H should be a capable mid-range processor for laptops, including gaming laptops. The performance should be somewhere between a Ryzen 5 2500U and Ryzen 7 2700U.

Series	AMD Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU)
Codename	Zen+
Series: Picasso (Ryzen 3000 APU) Zen+	AMD Ryzen 7 3780U 2.3 - 4 GHz 4 / 8 4 MB AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2.3 - 4 GHz 4 / 8 4 MB AMD Ryzen 7 3700U 2.3 - 4 GHz 4 / 8 4 MB AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 2.3 - 4 GHz 4 / 8 4 MB » AMD Ryzen 5 3550H 2.1 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8 4 MB AMD Ryzen 5 3500U 2.1 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8 4 MB AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 3500U 2.1 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8 4 MB AMD Ryzen 5 3580U 2.1 - 3.7 GHz 4 / 8 4 MB AMD Ryzen 3 3300U 2.1 - 3.5 GHz 4 / 4 4 MB AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U 2.1 - 3.5 GHz 4 / 4 4 MB AMD Ryzen 3 3250U 2.6 - 3.5 GHz 2 / 4 4 MB AMD Ryzen 3 3200U 2.6 - 3.5 GHz 2 / 4 4 MB AMD Athlon Silver 3050U 2.3 - 3.2 GHz 2 / 2 4 MB
Clock Rate	2100 - 3700 MHz
Level 1 Cache	384 KB
Level 2 Cache	2 MB
Level 3 Cache	4 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	4 / 8
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	35 Watt
Transistor Count	4500 Million
Manufacturing Technology	12 nm
Socket	AM4
Features	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) ( - 1200 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	01/06/2019

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