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AMD A8-5550M APU

Benchmarks for the AMD A8-5550M APU can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the AMD A8-5550M APU Good for Gaming?

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AMD A8-5550M APU

Description:

Class: Laptop

Socket: FS1r2

Clockspeed: 2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed: 3.1 GHz

Cores: 4 (in 4 physical modules)

Typical TDP: 35 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 4 x 16 KB
L1 Data Cache: 4 x 64 KB
L2 Cache: 4 x 2048 KB

Other names: AMD A8-5550M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q3 2013

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
3236th fastest in multithreading out of 5003 CPUs
3290th fastest in single threading out of 5003 CPUs
756th fastest in out of 1453 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1817

Single Thread Rating

1018

Samples: 466*
*Margin for error: Low

PerformanceTest V9
CPU Mark: 3,139
Thread: 1,014

CPU Test Suite Average Results for AMD A8-5550M APU

Integer Math	12,549 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,403 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,803 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	534.3 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	29,235 KBytes/Sec
Physics	187 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	727 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,018 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 25th of February 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5550M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 22nd of February 2025

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 22nd of February 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Laptop CPUs
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,115
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,945
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,239
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,400
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,856
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,622
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,748
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,750
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,663
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,817

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		51.24
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.27
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.20
AMD A8-5550M APU		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,902
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		3,836
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,682
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,060
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,038
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,930
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,663
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,645
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,606
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,414
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,018

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5550M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2432011 - Feb 21 2025		1024
BL2412333 - Feb 13 2025		597
BL2349324 - Jan 17 2025		895
BL2233488 - Oct 31 2024		2251
BL2169981 - Aug 15 2024		1819

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5550M APU
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,817
AMD A10-5750M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,040 (+12.3%)
Intel Core i5-3437U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,211 (+21.7%)
Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,180 (+20.0%)
Intel Core i5-3337U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,097 (+15.4%)
Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,087 (+14.9%)
AMD A10-5757M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,996 (+9.8%)
Intel Core i3-4030U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,870 (+2.9%)
AMD A8-5557M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,801 (-0.9%)
AMD A10-5745M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,779 (-2.1%)
Intel Core i3-4000M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,777 (-2.2%)
AMD A8-6410 APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,766 (-2.8%)
AMD A6-5200 APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,664 (-8.4%)

Is the AMD A8-5550M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 26th of February 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,144
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,091
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,900
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,852
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,799
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,515
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,302
Intel Core i7-14700HX		6,192
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,177
Intel Core i7-13850HX		6,169
Intel Core i9-13900HK		6,010
AMD A8-5550M APU		230