AMD A8-7050 vs AMD A8-5550M

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-7050 and AMD A8-5550M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 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 A8-7050

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.049 vs 3.83
  • 27.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 217.952 vs 7.997
  • 4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.619 vs 0.148
Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.049 vs 3.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 217.952 vs 7.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.619 vs 0.148

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5550M

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 1024 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-7050
CPU 2: AMD A8-5550M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
6.049
3.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
217.952
7.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
CPU 1
CPU 2
0.619
0.148
Name AMD A8-7050 AMD A8-5550M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.049 3.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 217.952 7.997
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.619 0.148
PassMark - Single thread mark 1039
PassMark - CPU mark 1869
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 369
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 924
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 10.477
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.546
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6126
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 634
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2542
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6126

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A8-7050 AMD A8-5550M

Essentials

Architecture codename Bald Eagle Richland
Launch date Q3'14 12 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1699 1711
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Series AMD A-Series

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.20 GHz
Bus Speed 100 MHz
L2 cache 1024 KB 4096 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
VID voltage range 1.012 V
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core)
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C
Maximum frequency 3.1 GHz
Transistor count 1178 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP3 (906) FS1r2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3