AMD Ryzen 3 3300U vs AMD A8-5557M

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 3300U and AMD A8-5557M 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, 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 Ryzen 3 3300U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 12 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 77% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1837 vs 1037
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5673 vs 1801
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jan 2019 vs 23 May 2013
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 3.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1837 vs 1037
PassMark - CPU mark 5673 vs 1801

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5557M

  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 2 MB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 3300U
CPU 2: AMD A8-5557M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1837
1037
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5673
1801
Name AMD Ryzen 3 3300U AMD A8-5557M
PassMark - Single thread mark 1837 1037
PassMark - CPU mark 5673 1801
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 439
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1192
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2075
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4970
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4970

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 3 3300U AMD A8-5557M

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Richland
Family AMD Ryzen Processors
Launch date 6 Jan 2019 23 May 2013
OPN Tray YM3300C4T4MFG
Place in performance rating 1352 1319
Series AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics AMD A-Series
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

Base frequency 2.1 GHz
Compute Cores 10
L1 cache 384 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 4096 KB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 12 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 105°C
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz 3.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of GPU cores 6
Number of threads 4 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C
Transistor count 1178 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR3

Graphics

Graphics max frequency 1200 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 6 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12

Compatibility

Configurable TDP-down 12 Watt
Configurable TDP-up 35 Watt
Sockets supported FP5 BGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
FreeSync
The "Zen" Core Architecture
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)