AMD A4-9120 vs AMD A8-5550M

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-9120 and AMD A8-5550M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Virtualization, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-9120

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
• 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
• Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1053 vs 1008

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5550M

• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• Around 24% higher clock speed: 3.1 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
• 3.2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 49% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1814 vs 1218
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 634 vs 627
• Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 634 vs 627
• Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2542 vs 1391
• Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2542 vs 1391
• Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6126 vs 4131
• Around 48% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6126 vs 4131

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-9120
CPU 2: AMD A8-5550M

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1053 1008
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1218 1814
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	CPU 1 CPU 2	627 634
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	CPU 1 CPU 2	627 634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	CPU 1 CPU 2	1391 2542
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	CPU 1 CPU 2	1391 2542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	CPU 1 CPU 2	4131 6126
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	CPU 1 CPU 2	4131 6126

Compare specifications (specs)