AMD Ryzen 5 3550U vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3550U and AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 3550U

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2053 vs 1942
Around 28% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7681 vs 5982

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.5 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2053 vs 1942
PassMark - CPU mark	7681 vs 5982

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 3550U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2053

1942

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7681

5982

Name	AMD Ryzen 5 3550U	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U
PassMark - Single thread mark	2053	1942
PassMark - CPU mark	7681	5982

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 5 3550U	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 3300U
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen+	Zen+
Launch date	Q1 2020	8 Apr 2019
Place in performance rating	1191	1267
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Family		AMD Ryzen Processors
OPN Tray		YM330BC4T4MFG
Series		AMD Ryzen 3 Mobile Processors with Radeon Vega Graphics
Performance
Base frequency	2.10 GHz	2.1 GHz
L3 cache	4 MB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	12 nm
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.5 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8	4
Compute Cores		10
L1 cache		384 KB
L2 cache		2 MB
Maximum core temperature		95 °C
Number of GPU cores		6
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	35.76 GB/s	35.76 GB/s
Maximum memory size	32 GB	32 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4-2400
ECC memory support
Supported memory frequency		2400 MHz
Graphics
Execution Units	8
Graphics base frequency	300 MHz
Graphics max frequency	1200 MHz	1200 MHz
Number of pipelines	512
Processor graphics	Radeon Vega 8 Graphics	Radeon Vega 6 Graphics
iGPU core count		6
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP5
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		12 Watt
Configurable TDP-up		25 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	12
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
FreeSync