AMD Ryzen 5 3580U vs AMD A8-5550M

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 3580U and AMD A8-5550M 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, 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 Ryzen 5 3580U

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.7 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 90% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1970 vs 1039
  • 3.9x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7236 vs 1869
  • Around 91% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 706 vs 369
  • 2.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2587 vs 924
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jan 2019 vs 12 March 2013
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.7 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 1970 vs 1039
PassMark - CPU mark 7236 vs 1869
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 706 vs 369
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2587 vs 924

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-5550M

  • 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 5 3580U
CPU 2: AMD A8-5550M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1970
1039
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7236
1869
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
706
369
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2587
924
Name AMD Ryzen 5 3580U AMD A8-5550M
PassMark - Single thread mark 1970 1039
PassMark - CPU mark 7236 1869
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 706 369
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2587 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 Ryzen 5 3580U AMD A8-5550M

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen+ Richland
Launch date 6 Jan 2019 12 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1684 1710
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Series AMD A-Series

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.1 GHz
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 3.7 GHz 3.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of GPU cores 9
Number of threads 8 4
Transistor count 4500 million 1178 million
Unlocked
Die size 246 mm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 71 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 1300 MHz
iGPU core count 9
Processor graphics Radeon Vega 9 Graphics

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 12-35 Watt
Sockets supported AM4 FS1r2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

FreeSync
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)