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.

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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:
3726th fastest in multithreading out of 5776 CPUs
3768th fastest in single threading out of 5776 CPUs
839th fastest in out of 1609 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1821

Single Thread Rating

1004

Samples: 482*
*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	12,462 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,398 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,756 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	537.7 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,923 KBytes/Sec
Physics	189 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	737 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,004 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 7th of February 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5550M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 4th of February 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 4th of February 2026.
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 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i7-12700H		25,268
Apple M4 10 Core		23,703
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,632
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		19,768
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,013
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,485
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,641
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,133
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,600
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,395
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,821

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-12700H		55.29
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.05
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.40
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.04
AMD A8-5550M APU		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		NA
Apple M4 10 Core		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		NA
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Apple M4 10 Core		4,516
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		3,886
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,676
Intel Core i7-12700H		3,506
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,024
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,004
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,888
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,616
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,588
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,392
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,004

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5550M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3261510 - Feb 03 2026		1874
BL3209067 - Jan 13 2026		1716
BL3193054 - Jan 06 2026		2087
BL3166910 - Dec 27 2025		2291
BL3028493 - Nov 05 2025		1773

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5550M APU
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,821
AMD A10-5750M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,040 (+12.1%)
Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,175 (+19.5%)
Intel Core i5-3437U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,167 (+19.0%)
Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,104 (+15.6%)
Intel Core i5-3337U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,090 (+14.8%)
AMD A10-5757M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,994 (+9.5%)
Intel Core i3-4030U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,869 (+2.6%)
AMD A8-5557M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,831 (+0.6%)
Intel Core i3-4000M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,799 (-1.2%)
AMD A10-5745M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,773 (-2.6%)
AMD A8-6410 APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,773 (-2.6%)
Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,660 (-8.8%)

Is the AMD A8-5550M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 8th of February 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		9,769
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX		9,431
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,999
Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX		8,984
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		7,919
Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX		7,865
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,772
Intel Core Ultra X9 388H		7,303
AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX		7,301
AMD RYZEN AI MAX+ 392		7,148
Intel Core i9-14900HX		6,905
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,751
AMD A8-5550M APU		230

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