AMD A8-5500 vs AMD Athlon X2 7550

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-5500 and AMD Athlon X2 7550 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5500

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
• 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 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
• Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1334 vs 934
• 2.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2611 vs 900

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon X2 7550

• 3.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1446 vs 455
• Around 95% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2427 vs 1243

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-5500
CPU 2: AMD Athlon X2 7550

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1334 934
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	2611 900
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	455 1446
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	1243 2427

Compare specifications (specs)