Intel Core i3-550 vs AMD A8-5557M

What is the difference between Intel Core i3-550 and AMD A8-5557M. Find out which CPU has better performance.

Performance (Benchmarks)

471Geekbench 5 Single-Core Score365
1057Geekbench 5 Multi-Core Score1041
1561PassMark CPU Mark Rating
1350PassMark Single Thread Rating

Processor Specs

Intel Core i3-550ProcessorAMD A8-5557M
3200 MHzFrequency2100 MHz
Maximum Frequency3100 MHz
2Cores4
4Threads4
73 WTDP35 W
Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel ProcessorsGPURadeon HD 8550G
ClarkdaleCodenameRichland
FCLGA1156PackageBGA827 (FP2)

Geekbench 5 Benchmark

475Single-Core Score334
866Multi-Core Score1014
Geekbench 5.4.1 Tryout for Windows x86 (64-bit)BenchmarkGeekbench 5.4.0 Tryout for Linux x86 (64-bit)

System Information

Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise 2016 LTSB (64-bit)Operating SystemLinux Mint 20.1 Ulyssa 5.4.0-72-generic x86_64
Acer Aspire Z5710ModelGIGABYTE GB-BXA8-5557
Acer Aspire Z5710MotherboardGIGABYTE M1M3XCP-00
BalancedPower Plan

CPU Specifications

Intel Core i3-550NameAMD A8-5557M
1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 ThreadsTopology1 Processor, 2 Cores, 4 Threads
GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 5IdentifierAuthenticAMD Family 21 Model 19 Stepping 1
3.20 GHzBase Frequency2.10 GHz
3192 MHzMaximum Frequency
Socket 1156 LGAPackage
ClarkdaleCodename
32.0 KB x 2L1 Instruction Cache64.0 KB x 2
32.0 KB x 2L1 Data Cache16.0 KB x 4
256 KB x 2L2 Cache2.00 MB x 2
4.00 MB x 1L3 Cache

Memory Information

12.00 GBSize6.98 GB
665 MHzFrequency
DDR3 SDRAMType
2Channels

Geekbench 5 result (single)

475Single-Core Score334
59Crypto Score549
490Integer Score337
512Floating Point Score 292
59
102.9 MB/sec
AES-XTS549
958.2 MB/sec
497
2.51 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)412
2.08 MB/sec
622
29.4 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression379
18.0 Mpixels/sec
448
1.26 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)408
1.15 MTE/sec
379
445.6 KElements/sec
HTML5308
362.2 KElements/sec
504
158.1 Krows/sec
SQLite347
108.6 Krows/sec
541
29.4 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering318
17.2 Mpixels/sec
434
138.2 KB/sec
Text Rendering267
85.0 KB/sec
525
4.09 Klines/sec
Clang331
2.58 Klines/sec
498
5.77 images/sec
Camera290
3.37 images/sec
383
478.8 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics227
284.4 Kpairs/sec
578
3582.2 FPS
Rigid Body Physics227
1407.8 FPS
485
26.7 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur242
13.3 Mpixels/sec
573
4.41 images/sec
Face Detection274
2.11 images/sec
568
14.0 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection237
5.83 Mpixels/sec
836
41.0 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting620
30.4 Mpixels/sec
875
11.9 Mpixels/sec
HDR627
8.54 Mpixels/sec
591
474.9 Kpixels/sec
Ray Tracing337
270.2 Kpixels/sec
382
3.42 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion234
2.10 Kpixels/sec
442
14.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition317
10.1 Words/sec
248
9.57 images/sec
Machine Learning170
6.55 images/sec

Geekbench 5 result (multi)

866Multi-Core Score1014
125Crypto Score1284
855Integer Score1020
1014Floating Point Score 956
125
217.9 MB/sec
AES-XTS1284
2.19 GB/sec
1273
6.44 MB/sec
Text Compression (LZMA)1370
6.93 MB/sec
1393
65.9 Mpixels/sec
Image Compression1161
54.9 Mpixels/sec
810
2.28 MTE/sec
Navigation (using Dijkstra's algorithm)1084
3.06 MTE/sec
674
791.9 KElements/sec
HTML5868
1.02 MElements/sec
695
217.8 Krows/sec
SQLite1063
333.2 Krows/sec
907
49.2 Mpixels/sec
PDF Rendering1049
56.9 Mpixels/sec
788
251.1 KB/sec
Text Rendering805
256.6 KB/sec
800
6.23 Klines/sec
Clang997
7.77 Klines/sec
638
7.39 images/sec
Camera891
10.3 images/sec
674
843.1 Kpairs/sec
N-Body Physics636
795.8 Kpairs/sec
1165
7219.0 FPS
Rigid Body Physics881
5461.0 FPS
750
41.2 Mpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur856
47.1 Mpixels/sec
1027
7.90 images/sec
Face Detection1041
8.01 images/sec
1108
27.3 Mpixels/sec
Horizon Detection863
21.3 Mpixels/sec
1514
74.3 Mpixels/sec
Image Inpainting1742
85.5 Mpixels/sec
2253
30.7 Mpixels/sec
HDR1990
27.1 Mpixels/sec
1397
1.12 Mpixels/sec
Ray Tracing1145
919.8 Kpixels/sec
887
7.95 Kpixels/sec
Structure from Motion781
7.00 Kpixels/sec
879
28.1 Words/sec
Speech Recognition980
31.3 Words/sec
470
18.2 images/sec
Machine Learning466
18.0 images/sec