AMD A8-3550MX vs AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-3550MX and AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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 A8-3550MX

• CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 45% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1687 vs 1165

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE

• Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
• Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1142 vs 962

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-3550MX
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X2 X640 BE

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	962 1142
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1687 1165

Compare specifications (specs)