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.
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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:
3288th fastest in multithreading out of 5064 CPUs
3351st fastest in single threading out of 5064 CPUs
766th fastest in out of 1464 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1819

Single Thread Rating

1013

Samples: 471*
*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	12,493 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,397 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,784 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	537.1 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	29,130 KBytes/Sec
Physics	188 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	728 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,013 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5550M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 14th of April 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 14th of April 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 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,133
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,897
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,139
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,318
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,800
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,644
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,143
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,703
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,724
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,613
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,819

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.99
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		31.11
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.17
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 18th of April 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		3,680
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,053
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,033
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,924
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,657
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,639
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,602
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,411
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,013

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5550M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2550525 - Apr 12 2025		1905
BL2543156 - Apr 09 2025		1735
BL2537736 - Apr 07 2025		2181
BL2537162 - Apr 07 2025		1954
BL2454336 - Mar 03 2025		1444

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5550M APU
As of 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,819
AMD A10-5750M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,041 (+12.2%)
Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,184 (+20.1%)
Intel Core i5-3437U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,183 (+20.0%)
Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,119 (+16.5%)
Intel Core i5-3337U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,102 (+15.6%)
AMD A10-5757M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,996 (+9.7%)
Intel Core i3-4030U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,874 (+3.0%)
AMD A8-5557M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,801 (-1.0%)
Intel Core i3-4000M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,785 (-1.9%)
AMD A10-5745M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,781 (-2.1%)
AMD A8-6410 APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,771 (-2.6%)
Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,668 (-8.3%)

Is the AMD A8-5550M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,702
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,104
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,221
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,070
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		7,040
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,801
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,799
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,787
AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D		6,559
AMD Ryzen 7 7840HX		6,207
AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX		6,181
AMD A8-5550M APU		230

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