AMD A4-5300 vs Intel Core i3-550
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AMD A4-5300 advantages
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Intel Core i3-550 advantages
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A4-5300 vs i3-550 performance comparison
The charts below illustrate relative performance of A4-5300 and Core i3-550 microprocessors in different types of applications. The numbers in the charts are calculated from a number of benchmarks, that you can see in the "Benchmarks" tab. Consequentally, performance in individual benchmarks may be higher or lower than what you see in the charts below. We also averaged the results for task type specific benchmarks and all-around performance benchmarks, and displayed them in the 'Overall performance' chart. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Full list of benchmarks, that demonstrate performance difference between AMD A4-5300 and Core i3-550 in various types of tests, can be found in the "Benchmarks" tab.
A4-5300 vs i3-550 power consumption comparison
Lower is better |
Detailed side by side comparison of A4-5300 vs i3-550 specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Much more detailed comparison of internal features of both processors you will find in the "CPUIDs" tab.
Pros and Cons summary
| A4-5300 | Core i3-550 |
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General recommendations: Supports AVX / F16C / FMA4 / XOP instructions,
Somewhat lower power |
General recommendations: Performs faster in all kinds of tasks
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Drawbacks: Rather slower performance in all types of tasks
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Drawbacks: Does not support some instructions,
Less energy efficient |
Similar processors
| A4-5300 | Core i3-550 |
Similar CPUs use the same socket and architecture as AMD A4-5300 and Intel Core i3-550, however their performance and other characteristics are slightly different.
Specifications
| AMD A4-5300 | Intel Core i3-550 | |
| Basic details | ||
| Market segment | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| Family | AMD A4-Series | Intel Core i3 |
| Model number | A4-5300 | i3-550 |
| CPU part number | AD5300OKA23HJ | CM80616003174AJ |
| Box part number | AD5300OKHJBOX | BX80616I3550 BXC80616I3550 |
| Introduction date | October 2, 2012 | May 30, 2010 |
| Current official price | $47 (as of Apr 2013) | |
| CPU features | ||
| Core name | Trinity | Clarkdale |
| Platform name | Virgo | |
| Microarchitecture | Piledriver | Nehalem |
| Technology (micron) | 0.032 | |
| Data width (bits) | 64 | |
| Socket | Socket FM2 | Socket 1156 |
| Frequency (MHz) | 3400 | 3200 |
| Turbo Frequency (MHz) | 3600 | |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (code) / 32 KB (data) | 64 KB (code) / 64 KB (data) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 1024 | 512 |
| L3 cache (KB) | 4096 | |
| Max temperature (°C) | 70 | 72.6 |
| TDP (Watt) | 65 | 73 |
| Core voltage (V) | 0.825 - 1.475 | 0.65 - 1.4 |
| Cores | 2 | |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Multiprocessing | 1 | |
| Instruction set extensions | ||
| AES / Advanced Encryption Standard | + | - |
| AMD64 / EM64T 64-bit technology | + | |
| AVX / Advanced Vector Extensions | + | - |
| F16C / 16-bit Floating-Point conversion | + | - |
| FMA3 / 3-operand Fused Multiply-Add | + | - |
| FMA4 / 4-operand Fused Multiply-Add | + | - |
| MMX | + | |
| SSE | + | |
| SSE2 | + | |
| SSE3 | + | |
| SSE4.1 | + | |
| SSE4.2 | + | |
| SSSE3 / Supplemental SSE3 | + | |
| XOP / eXtended Operations | + | - |
| Supported technologies | ||
| Hyper-Threading | - | + |
| PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep | + | |
| Turbo Core / Turbo Boost | + | - |
| Virtualization | + | |
| Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit | + | |
| Integrated Graphics | ||
| GPU Type | Radeon HD 7480D | HD (Nehalem) |
| Base frequency (MHz) | 723 | 733 |
| Integrated Memory Controller(s) | ||
| The number of controllers | 1 | |
| Memory channels | 2 | |
| Supported memory | DDR3-1600 | DDR3-1333 |
Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.
For detailed specifications of "AMD A4-5300" or "Intel Core i3-550" parts please click on the links in the table header.
Benchmarks
System setup
Below is a complete set of AMD A4-5300 and Intel Core i3-550 benchmarks from our CPU benchmark database. The former processor was tested on ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M motherboard with 4GB dual-channel Crucial BallistixPC3-14900 (DDR3-1866) memory, and Integrated on-chip ATI Radeon 7000-series graphics. The latter processor was tested on ASUS P7P55D motherboard, that had 2 GB dual-channel Corsair TR3X3G1600C9 DDR3 memory, and Powercolor 24PRO256M DDR2 (ATI Radeon HD2400) graphics.
All tests were performed at default frequency and voltage, using manufacturer's stock fan/heatsink. None of the components were overclocked. Motherboard BIOS options were left at default settings.
The results of all benchmarks are broken into four categories: multi-threaded, single-threaded, memory intensive and graphics / gaming.
A4-5300 vs Intel Core i3-550 single-threaded benchmarks
Single-threaded benchmarks run on a single CPU core, and do not depend on such features as the number of cores, or Hyper-Threading technology. Additionally, they do not utilize on-chip caches, dedicated to other cores.
AMD A4-5300 Intel Core i3-550 | ||
3DMark03 CPU score benchmark | ||
Longer is better  | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 91.5% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 74.9% | ||
FLAC encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 95.2% | ||
H.264 video encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 98.7% | ||
LAME MP3 encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 80.3% | ||
AMD A4-5300 Intel Core i3-550 | ||
PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 77.9% | ||
Super PI (1M) benchmark | ||
 Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 46.8% | ||
XVid video encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 98.6% | ||
A4-5300 vs Intel Core i3-550 multi-threaded benchmarks
Multi-threaded benchmarks utilize all CPU cores and other on-chip resources (on-chip caches, internal buffers, etc). Intel's Hyper-Threading feature also helps to improve multi-threading performance.
AMD A4-5300 Intel Core i3-550 | ||
Apache web server - dynamic pages benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 63.1% | ||
Apache web server - static pages benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 41.9% | ||
Blowfish encryption benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 53.9% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 51.2% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark | ||
| Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 51.2% | ||
AMD A4-5300 Intel Core i3-550 | ||
CrystalMark ALU benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 59.7% | ||
CrystalMark FPU benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 45.8% | ||
Euler3D benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 57.1% | ||
FLAC encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 61.0% | ||
Fritz Chess Benchmark benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 51.7% | ||
AMD A4-5300 Intel Core i3-550 | ||
H.264 video encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 59.2% | ||
H.264 video encoding - multithreaded benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 67.2% | ||
LAME MP3 encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 49.0% | ||
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 51.1% | ||
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 40.5% | ||
AMD A4-5300 Intel Core i3-550 | ||
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 70.7% | ||
Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 26.4% | ||
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 37.5% | ||
XVid video encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 65.4% | ||
wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark | ||
| Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 42.1% | ||
A4-5300 vs Intel Core i3-550 graphics benchmarks
Graphics benchmarks depend on the type of integrated or discrete graphics adapter, and to less extent on the processor performance. Because these benchmarks are synthetic, they may not truly represent gaming performance. However, they still can used to estimate whether one processor will perform faster or slower in games than another CPU.
AMD A4-5300 Intel Core i3-550 | ||
3DMark03 game score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 19.3% | ||
3DMark2001 score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 42.4% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 42.0% | ||
A4-5300 vs Intel Core i3-550 memory performance
Memory-intensive tests or programs move large amounts of data to/from memory, and they depend more on memory throughput and the size of on-chip caches, rather than on CPU integer/FP/SIMD performance.
AMD A4-5300 Intel Core i3-550 | ||
7Zip compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 91.8% | ||
CrystalMark Memory benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 68.7% | ||
PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 51.2% | ||
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 72.5% | ||
CPUIDs
The table below compares two random CPUID records for AMD A4-5300 and Intel Core i3-550 microprocessors, that were submitted to our CPUID database. Please note that different steppings of Intel processors, identified by S-spec numbers or CPUID, may have slightly different features. For that reason the comparison table below only applies to CPUs with specific S-Spec number / CPUID.
| CPUID 1 | CPUID 2 | |
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
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| CPU Family | A4-Series | Core i3 |
| Model / Processor Number | A4-5300 | i3-550 |
| Frequency | 3393 MHz | 3614 MHz |
| CWID version | 0.4 | |
| Part number | AD5300OKA23HJ | CM80616003174AJ |
| S-Spec / Stepping Code | GA 1219PNT | SLBUD |
| General information | ||
| Vendor | AuthenticAMD | GenuineIntel |
| Processor name (BIOS) | AMD A4-5300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics | Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 550 @ 3.20GHz |
| Cores | AMD Turion(tm) X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile ZM-00 | 2 |
| Logical processors | 2 | 4 |
| Processor type | 1 | Original OEM Processor |
| CPUID signature | 2 | 20655 |
| Family | Original OEM Processor | 6 (06h) |
| Model | TN-A1 | 37 (025h) |
| Stepping | 610F01 | 5 (05h) |
| TLB/Cache details | 21 (015h) | 64-byte Prefetching Data TLB0: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, 4-way associative, 32 entries Data TLB: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries Instruction TLB: 2-MB or 4-MB pages, fully associative, 7 entries Instruction TLB: 4-KB pages, 4-way set associative, 64 entries Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries |
| Model | 16 (010h) | |
| Stepping | 1 (01h) | |
| Socket | FM2 | |
| Cache | ||
| L1 data: Associativity | 4-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L1 data: Comments | Direct-mapped | |
| L1 data: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L1 data: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L1 data: Size | 2 x 16 KB | 2 x 32 KB |
| L1 instruction: Associativity | 2-way set associative | 4-way set associative |
| L1 instruction: Comments | 1 cache per 2 cores | Direct-mapped |
| L1 instruction: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L1 instruction: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L1 instruction: Size | 64 KB | 2 x 32 KB |
| L2: Associativity | 16-way set associative | 8-way set associative |
| L2: Comments | 1 cache per 2 cores | Non-inclusive|Direct-mapped |
| L2: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L2: Lines per tag | 1 | |
| L2: Size | 1 MB | 2 x 256 KB |
| L3: Associativity | 16-way set associative | |
| L3: Comments | Inclusive|Direct-mapped|Shared between all cores | |
| L3: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L3: Size | 4 MB | |
| Instruction set extensions | ||
| AES | + | - |
| AMD extensions to MMX | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| BMI | + | - |
| F16C | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| FMA4 | + | - |
| MMX | + | |
| SSE | + | |
| SSE2 | + | |
| SSE3 | + | |
| SSE4.1 | + | |
| SSE4.2 | + | |
| SSE4A | + | - |
| SSSE3 | + | |
| TBM | + | - |
| XOP | + | - |
| Additional instructions | ||
| Advanced Bit manipulation | + | - |
| CLFLUSH | + | |
| CMOV | + | |
| CMPXCHG16B | + | |
| CMPXCHG8B | + | |
| FXSAVE/FXRSTORE | + | |
| MONITOR/MWAIT | + | |
| PCLMULDQ | + | - |
| POPCNT | + | |
| PREFETCH/PREFETCHW | + | - |
| RDTSCP | + | |
| SKINIT / STGI support | + | - |
| SYSCALL/SYSRET | + | - |
| SYSENTER/SYSEXIT | + | |
| XSAVE / XRESTORE states | + | - |
| Major features | ||
| 64-bit / Intel 64 | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep | - | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | + |
| Intel Virtualization | - | + |
| NX bit/XD-bit | + | |
| On-chip Floating Point Unit | + | |
| PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet | + | - |
| Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) | + | - |
| Turbo Core | + | - |
| Other features | ||
| 1 GB large page support | + | - |
| 100MHz multiplier control | + | - |
| 128-bit SSE instructions | + | - |
| 36-bit page-size extensions | + | |
| 64-bit debug store | - | + |
| Advanced programmable interrupt controller | + | |
| CPL qualified debug store | - | + |
| Core multi-processing legacy mode | + | - |
| Debug store | - | + |
| Debugging extensions | + | |
| Digital Thermal Sensor capability | - | + |
| Extended APIC space | + | - |
| Hardware P-state control | + | - |
| Hardware thermal control | + | - |
| Instruction based sampling | + | - |
| LAHF / SAHF support in 64-bit mode | + | |
| LBR virtualization | + | - |
| LOCK MOV CR0 means MOV CR8 | + | - |
| Lightweight profiling support | + | - |
| Machine check architecture | + | |
| Machine check exception | + | |
| Memory-type range registers | + | |
| Misaligned SSE mode | + | - |
| Model-specific registers | + | |
| Nested page tables | + | - |
| OS visible workaround | + | - |
| Page attribute table | + | |
| Page global extension | + | |
| Page-size extensions (4MB pages) | + | |
| Pending break enable | - | + |
| Perfmon and Debug capability | - | + |
| Physical address extensions | + | |
| Process context identifiers | - | + |
| SVM lock | + | - |
| Self-snoop | - | + |
| Support for NRIP save | + | - |
| THERMTRIP | + | - |
| TSC rate is ensured to be invariant across all states | + | |
| Temperature sensor | + | - |
| Thermal monitor | - | + |
| Thermal monitor 2 | - | + |
| Thermal monitor and software controlled clock facilities | - | + |
| Time stamp counter | + | |
| Virtual 8086-mode enhancements | + | |
| Watchdog timer support | + | - |
| xTPR Update Control | - | + |
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