AMD A8-5545M vs AMD Phenom II X3 N850

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-5545M and AMD Phenom II X3 N850 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5545M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
  • 1 more threads: 4 vs 3
  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 2.7 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1543 vs 1298
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 May 2013 vs 4 October 2010
Number of cores 4 vs 3
Number of threads 4 vs 3
Maximum frequency 2.7 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1.5 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1543 vs 1298

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 N850

  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 895 vs 817
  • 4.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1343 vs 286
  • 4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 3130 vs 778
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 895 vs 817
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1343 vs 286
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3130 vs 778

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-5545M
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X3 N850

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
817
895
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1543
1298
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
286
1343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
778
3130
Name AMD A8-5545M AMD Phenom II X3 N850
PassMark - Single thread mark 817 895
PassMark - CPU mark 1543 1298
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 286 1343
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 778 3130
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.22
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1833
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2521
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2521

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A8-5545M AMD Phenom II X3 N850

Essentials

Architecture codename Richland Champlain
Launch date 23 May 2013 4 October 2010
Place in performance rating 2033 2019
Series AMD A-Series 3x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 1.5 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C
Maximum frequency 2.7 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 3
Number of threads 4 3
Transistor count 1178 million
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FP2 S1 (S1g4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)