AMD PRO A6-8550B vs Intel Core i5-8550

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-8550B and Intel Core i5-8550 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Security & Reliability. 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).

AMD PRO A6-8550B

Intel Core i5-8550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A6-8550B

Around 33% higher clock speed: 4 GHz vs 3 GHz

Maximum frequency	4 GHz vs 3 GHz

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-8550

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	6 vs 2
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache	256K (per core) vs 1 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-8550B
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-8550

Name	AMD PRO A6-8550B	Intel Core i5-8550
PassMark - Single thread mark	1631
PassMark - CPU mark	1882
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	9.546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	223.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.884
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.126
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	47.872

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD PRO A6-8550B	Intel Core i5-8550
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
OPN Tray	AD855BYBI23JC
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, Windows 7 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1278	not rated
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Desktops
Vertical segment	Desktop	Desktop
Architecture codename		Coffee Lake
Launch date		September 2018
Performance
Base frequency	3.7 GHz
Compute Cores	6
L2 cache	1 MB	256K (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	71.30°C
Maximum frequency	4 GHz	3 GHz
Number of cores	2	6
Number of GPU cores	4
Number of threads	2
Unlocked
64 bit support
L1 cache		64K (per core)
L3 cache		9 MB (shared)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		72 °C
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Supported memory types		DDR4
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	800 MHz
iGPU core count	256
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Configurable TDP	45 Watt/65 Watt
Sockets supported	FM2+
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD Mantle API
DualGraphics
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
PowerTune
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Security & Reliability
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)