AMD A8-5500 vs Intel Core i5-3550
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AMD A8-5500 advantages
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Intel Core i5-3550 advantages
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A8-5500 vs i5-3550 performance comparison
The charts demonstrate performance of A8-5500 and Core i5-3550 CPUs in various kinds of tasks. The numbers for 'Single-threaded performance', 'Multi-threaded performance' and 'Integrated Graphics performance' charts are calculated as an average of several related benchmarks, that you can find in the "Benchmarks" tab. As a result, performance in individual benchmarks may be lower or higher than what you see in the charts below. The 'Overall performance' displays an average of all-around performance benchmarks, and benchmarks, specific to each task type. The 'Price-performance ratio' chart shows how much more performance you will get per dollar spent. The cost of other system parts is not included in this chart. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Please see the "Benchmarks" tab for complete list of benchmarks, demonstrating performance difference between AMD A8-5500 and i5-3550 in various types of applications.
A8-5500 vs i5-3550 power consumption and price comparison
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Detailed side by side comparison of AMD A8-5500 vs Intel i5-3550 specs can be found in the "Specifications" tab. Much more detailed comparison of low level features of both CPUs is located in the "CPUIDs" tab.
Pros and Cons summary
| A8-5500 | Core i5-3550 |
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General recommendations: Insignificantly faster overall,
Performs considerably better in graphics tasks, Features FMA4 / XOP instructions, Somewhat lower power consumption, Much cheaper, Significantly better price / performance ratio |
General recommendations: Performs much better in single- and multi-threaded tasks
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Drawbacks: None
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Drawbacks: Performs a bit worse in all application types,
Slow in graphics programs, Lacks some instructions, Less energy efficient, Significantly more expensive, Much worse price / performance ratio |
Similar processors
| A8-5500 | Core i5-3550 |
Similar microprocessors use the same socket and architecture as A8-5500 and Core i5-3550, but their performance and other characteristics are a bit different.
Specifications
| AMD A8-5500 | Intel Core i5-3550 | |
| Basic details | ||
| Market segment | Desktop | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | AMD | Intel |
| Family | AMD A8-Series | Intel Core i5 |
| Model number | A8-5500 | i5-3550 |
| CPU part number | AD5500OKA44HJ | CM8063701093203 |
| Box part number | AD5500OKHJBOX | BX80637I53550 BXC80637I53550 |
| Introduction date | July 31, 2012 | April 23, 2012 |
| Current official price | $91 (as of Apr 2013) | $205 (as of Apr 2013) |
| CPU features | ||
| Core name | Trinity | Ivy Bridge |
| Platform name | Virgo | |
| Microarchitecture | Piledriver | Ivy Bridge |
| Technology (micron) | 0.032 | 0.022 |
| Data width (bits) | 64 | |
| Socket | Socket FM2 | Socket 1155 |
| Frequency (MHz) | 3200 | 3300 |
| Turbo Frequency (MHz) | 3700 | 3700 / 3700 / 3600 / 3500 |
| Clock Multiplier | 33 | |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (code) / 64 KB (data) | 128 KB (code) / 128 KB (data) |
| L2 cache (KB) | 4096 | 1024 |
| L3 cache (KB) | 6144 | |
| Max temperature (°C) | 71.3 | |
| TDP (Watt) | 65 | 77 |
| Core voltage (V) | 0.825 - 1.475 | |
| Cores | 4 | |
| Threads | 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 | ||
| PowerNow! / Enhanced SpeedStep | + | |
| Trusted Execution | - | + |
| Turbo Core / Turbo Boost | + | |
| Virtualization | + | |
| Virus Protection / Execute Disable bit | + | |
| Integrated Graphics | ||
| GPU Type | Radeon HD 7560D | HD 2500 |
| Base frequency (MHz) | 760 | 650 |
| Integrated Memory Controller(s) | ||
| The number of controllers | 1 | |
| Memory channels | 2 | |
| Supported memory | DDR3-1866 | DDR3-1333 DDR3-1600 |
Rows with different specifications or features are highlighted.
For detailed specifications of "AMD A8-5500" or "Intel Core i5-3550" parts please click on the links in the table header.
Benchmarks
System setup
Below is a partial set of AMD A8-5500 and Intel Core i5-3550 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 P8H61-M motherboard, that had 2 GB dual-channel Corsair CM3X1024-1333C9 DDR3 memory, and Integrated on-chip Intel Sandy Bridge graphics. For different system configurations please see tests of A8-5500 and Intel Core i5-3550 CPUs in our benchmark database.
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.
A8-5500 vs Intel Core i5-3550 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 A8-5500 Intel Core i5-3550 | ||
3DMark03 CPU score benchmark | ||
Longer is better  | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 72.8% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score (1 core) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 53.5% | ||
FLAC encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 71.9% | ||
H.264 video encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 73.9% | ||
LAME MP3 encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 61.8% | ||
AMD A8-5500 Intel Core i5-3550 | ||
PCMark2002 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 65.0% | ||
Super PI (1M) benchmark | ||
 Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 38.9% | ||
XVid video encoding - single process benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 74.7% | ||
A8-5500 vs Intel Core i5-3550 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 A8-5500 Intel Core i5-3550 | ||
3DMark06 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 66.0% | ||
Apache web server - dynamic pages benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 55.7% | ||
Apache web server - static pages benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 42.9% | ||
Blowfish encryption benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 45.2% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 44.2% | ||
AMD A8-5500 Intel Core i5-3550 | ||
CINEBENCH R10 render time (seconds) benchmark | ||
| Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 44.2% | ||
CrystalMark ALU benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 57.1% | ||
CrystalMark FPU benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 50.9% | ||
Euler3D benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 50.8% | ||
FLAC encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 51.7% | ||
AMD A8-5500 Intel Core i5-3550 | ||
Fritz Chess Benchmark benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 57.3% | ||
H.264 video encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 55.7% | ||
H.264 video encoding - multithreaded benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 64.6% | ||
LAME MP3 encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 46.9% | ||
MySQL 5.0.96 - selecting data benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 51.0% | ||
AMD A8-5500 Intel Core i5-3550 | ||
PCMark05 CPU score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 64.9% | ||
PCMark05 score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 94.1% | ||
Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 44.6% | ||
Sandra MultiMedia Floating Point (it/s) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 57.7% | ||
Sandra MultiMedia Integer (it/s) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 75.7% | ||
AMD A8-5500 Intel Core i5-3550 | ||
Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 41.6% | ||
Sandra Whetstone SSE2 (MFLOPS) benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 54.0% | ||
XVid video encoding - multiple processes benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 59.4% | ||
wPrime v1.55 (32M) benchmark | ||
| Shorter is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 46.3% | ||
A8-5500 vs Intel Core i5-3550 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 A8-5500 Intel Core i5-3550 | ||
3DMark03 game score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 36.7% | ||
3DMark06 3DMark score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 43.2% | ||
3DMark2001 score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 66.6% | ||
CINEBENCH R10 OpenGL score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 41.4% | ||
PCMark05 Graphics score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 46.0% | ||
A8-5500 vs Intel Core i5-3550 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 A8-5500 Intel Core i5-3550 | ||
7Zip compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
|---|---|---|
| 100% | ||
| 68.7% | ||
CrystalMark Memory benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 71.7% | ||
PCMark05 Memory score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 65.5% | ||
PCMark2002 Memory score benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 51.6% | ||
WinRAR compressing/decompressing speed benchmark | ||
| Longer is better | ||
| 100% | ||
| 86.5% | ||
CPUIDs
The table below compares two random CPUID records for AMD A8-5500 and Intel Core i5-3550 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Family | A8-Series | Core i5 |
| Model / Processor Number | A8-5500 | i5-3550 |
| Frequency | 2389 MHz | 3291 MHz |
| CWID version | 0.4 | |
| Part number | AD5500OKA44HJ | CM8063701093203 |
| S-Spec / Stepping Code | GA 1231SUT | SR0P0 |
| General information | ||
| Vendor | AuthenticAMD | GenuineIntel |
| Processor name (BIOS) | AMD A8-5500 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics | Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3550 CPU @ 3.30GHz |
| Cores | 4 | |
| Logical processors | 2 | 4 |
| Processor type | 4 | Original OEM Processor |
| CPUID signature | Original OEM Processor | 306A9 |
| Family | TN-A1 | 6 (06h) |
| Model | 610F01 | 58 (03Ah) |
| Stepping | 21 (015h) | 9 (09h) |
| TLB/Cache details | 16 (010h) | 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: 4-KB Pages, 4-way set associative, 128 entries L2 TLB: 1-MB, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size Shared 2nd-level TLB: 4 KB pages, 4-way set associative, 512 entries |
| 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 | 4 x 16 KB | 4 x 32 KB |
| L1 instruction: Associativity | 2-way set associative | 8-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 | 2 x 64 KB | 4 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 | 2 x 2 MB | 4 x 256 KB |
| L3: Associativity | 12-way set associative | |
| L3: Comments | Inclusive|Shared between all cores | |
| L3: Line size | 64 bytes | |
| L3: Size | 6 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 | + | - |
| RDRAND | - | + |
| RDTSCP | + | |
| SKINIT / STGI support | + | - |
| SYSCALL/SYSRET | + | - |
| SYSENTER/SYSEXIT | + | |
| XSAVE / XRESTORE states | + | |
| Major features | ||
| 64-bit / Intel 64 | + | |
| Enhanced SpeedStep | - | + |
| Intel Trusted Execution technology | - | + |
| Intel Virtualization | - | + |
| NX bit/XD-bit | + | |
| On-chip Floating Point Unit | + | |
| PowerNow! / Cool'n'Quiet | + | - |
| Secure Virtual Machine (Virtualization) | + | - |
| Turbo Boost | - | + |
| 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 | + | - |
| Extended xAPIC support | - | + |
| 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 | + | |
| Power Limit Notification capability | - | + |
| 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 | + | |
| Timestamp counter deadline | - | + |
| Virtual 8086-mode enhancements | + | |
| Watchdog timer support | + | - |
| xTPR Update Control | - | + |
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