AMD R-272F vs AMD A8-3550MX

Comparative analysis of AMD R-272F and AMD A8-3550MX processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD R-272F

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1087 vs 962
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 May 2012 vs 8 December 2011
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.7 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1087 vs 962

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3550MX

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • 5.3x 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 39% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1687 vs 1215
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
L1 cache 512 KB vs 96 KB
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1687 vs 1215

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD R-272F
CPU 2: AMD A8-3550MX

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1087
962
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1215
1687
Name AMD R-272F AMD A8-3550MX
PassMark - Single thread mark 1087 962
PassMark - CPU mark 1215 1687
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.764
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 165.787
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.681
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 32.992

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD R-272F AMD A8-3550MX

Essentials

Architecture codename Piledriver Llano
Launch date 21 May 2012 8 December 2011
Place in performance rating 2189 2165
Vertical segment Embedded Laptop
Series AMD A-Series

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.7 GHz
L1 cache 96 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 4096 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 100 °C
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.7 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Die size 218 mm
Transistor count 1000 Million

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Supported memory types DDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600, DDR3U-1600 DDR3

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 497 MHz
Graphics max frequency 686 MHz
Number of pipelines 192
Processor graphics Radeon HD 7520G
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
HDMI
Number of displays supported 4
VGA

Graphics API support

DirectX 11
OpenGL 4.2

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FS1 FS1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 2.0

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)