AMD PRO A6-9500B vs AMD A8-5550M
Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A6-9500B and AMD A8-5550M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, 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), 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 PRO A6-9500B
- CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
- 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
- Around 17% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1215 vs 1039
- 4.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1769 vs 369
- 2.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2567 vs 924
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 24 October 2016 vs 12 March 2013 |
Maximum frequency | 3.2 GHz vs 3.1 GHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 32 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt vs 35 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 1215 vs 1039 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 1769 vs 369 |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 2567 vs 924 |
Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5550M
- 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
- 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
- Around 38% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1869 vs 1357
Specifications (specs) | |
Number of cores | 4 vs 2 |
L2 cache | 4096 KB vs 1 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1869 vs 1357 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD PRO A6-9500B
CPU 2: AMD A8-5550M
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Geekbench 4 - Single Core |
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Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core |
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Name | AMD PRO A6-9500B | AMD A8-5550M |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 1215 | 1039 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1357 | 1869 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 1769 | 369 |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 2567 | 924 |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 3.83 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 7.997 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.148 | |
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 PRO A6-9500B | AMD A8-5550M | |
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Essentials |
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Family | AMD PRO A-Series Processors | |
Launch date | 24 October 2016 | 12 March 2013 |
OPN Tray | AM950BADY23AB | |
OS Support | Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit | |
Place in performance rating | 1676 | 1710 |
Series | AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops | AMD A-Series |
Vertical segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Architecture codename | Richland | |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 2.3 GHz | |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 4096 KB |
Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 32 nm |
Maximum core temperature | 90°C | |
Maximum frequency | 3.2 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 4 |
Number of GPU cores | 4 | |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 246 mm | |
L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 71 °C | |
Number of threads | 4 | |
Transistor count | 1178 million | |
Memory |
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Max memory channels | 2 | |
Supported memory frequency | 1866 MHz | |
Supported memory types | DDR3 | |
Graphics |
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Enduro | ||
Graphics max frequency | 800 MHz | |
Processor graphics | R5 | |
Switchable graphics | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Video Codec Engine (VCE) | ||
Graphics interfaces |
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DisplayPort | ||
HDMI | ||
Graphics API support |
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DirectX | 12 | |
Vulkan | ||
Compatibility |
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Configurable TDP | 12 Watt/15 Watt | |
Sockets supported | FP4 | FS1r2 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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AMD Secure technology | ||
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP) | ||
FreeSync | ||
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
Out-of-band client management | ||
PowerGating | ||
PowerNow | ||
PowerTune | ||
RAID | ||
System Image Stability | ||
TrueAudio | ||
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) | ||
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) | ||
IOMMU 2.0 |