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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:
3356th fastest in multithreading out of 5135 CPUs
3425th fastest in single threading out of 5135 CPUs
790th fastest in out of 1488 Laptop CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

1816

Single Thread Rating

1007

Samples: 476*
*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	12,504 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	3,397 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	9 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	3,750 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	538.6 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	28,766 KBytes/Sec
Physics	187 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	731 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	1,007 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 24th of May 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for AMD A8-5550M APU

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 20th of May 2025

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 20th of May 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 24th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz		22,139
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		20,860
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		20,091
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		18,280
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		16,754
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz		15,651
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,147
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		11,666
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		10,709
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		9,568
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,816

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 24th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		50.86
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		30.96
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		11.16
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 24th of May 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		3,681
Intel Core i7-11800H @ 2.30GHz		3,049
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H		3,029
AMD Ryzen 5 5600H		2,919
Intel Core i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz		2,650
Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz		2,634
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H		2,601
Intel Core i7-9750H @ 2.60GHz		2,409
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,007

Last 5 Baselines for AMD A8-5550M APU
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL2622509 - May 13 2025		1933
BL2577497 - Apr 24 2025		1836
BL2576527 - Apr 23 2025		1564
BL2576466 - Apr 23 2025		1247
BL2571686 - Apr 21 2025		2297

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

Popular comparisons for AMD A8-5550M APU
As of 24th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
AMD A8-5550M APU		1,816
AMD A10-5750M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,063 (+13.6%)
Intel Core i5-3437U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,194 (+20.8%)
Intel Core i5-4200U @ 1.60GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,185 (+20.3%)
Intel Core i7-3517U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,120 (+16.7%)
Intel Core i5-3337U @ 1.80GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		2,101 (+15.7%)
AMD A10-5757M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,996 (+9.9%)
Intel Core i3-4030U @ 1.90GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,880 (+3.5%)
AMD A8-5557M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,820 (+0.2%)
Intel Core i3-4000M @ 2.40GHz vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,790 (-1.4%)
AMD A10-5745M APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,771 (-2.5%)
AMD A8-6410 APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,771 (-2.5%)
AMD A6-5200 APU vs AMD A8-5550M APU		1,673 (-7.8%)

Is the AMD A8-5550M APU Good for Gaming?
As of 24th of May 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Relative Gaming Score
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX		8,756
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX		8,742
Intel Core Ultra 7 265		8,171
Intel Core Ultra 7 265H		7,738
AMD Ryzen AI Max 390		7,108
Intel Core i9-14900HX		7,063
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D		6,953
AMD Ryzen AI Max Pro 390		6,951
Intel Core 7 250H		6,905
Intel Core i9-13900HX		6,787
Intel Core i9-13980HX		6,776
Intel Core i9-13950HX		6,772
AMD A8-5550M APU		229