AMD A8-3550MX vs AMD V-Series V160

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-3550MX and AMD V-Series V160 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), Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3550MX

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
• 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
• 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
• Around 13% higher clock speed: 2.7 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Reasons to consider the AMD V-Series V160

• Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 45 Watt

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CPU 1: AMD A8-3550MX
CPU 2: AMD V-Series V160

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