Core 2 Duo P7550 vs A6-3410MX

Place in the ranking	2619	2854
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency	1.67	2.00
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	14 June 2011 (13 years ago)	1 October 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-3410MX and Core 2 Duo P7550 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.26 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.26 GHz
Bus rate	no data	1066 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	3 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	3 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	228 mm²	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	90 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-3410MX and Core 2 Duo P7550 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	no data
Socket	FS1	PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-3410MX and Core 2 Duo P7550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6480G	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-

Security technologies

A6-3410MX and Core 2 Duo P7550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-3410MX and Core 2 Duo P7550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-3410MX and Core 2 Duo P7550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 6520G (400 MHz)

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A6-3410MX 0.80
+50.9%

Core 2 Duo P7550 0.53

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A6-3410MX 1263
+48.8%

Core 2 Duo P7550 849

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A6-3410MX 216

Core 2 Duo P7550 273
+26.4%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A6-3410MX 631
+44.7%

Core 2 Duo P7550 436

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A6-3410MX 1707

Core 2 Duo P7550 2439
+42.9%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A6-3410MX 5568
+19.9%

Core 2 Duo P7550 4645

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A6-3410MX 2414
+20.5%

Core 2 Duo P7550 2004

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A6-3410MX 22.15
+60.7%

Core 2 Duo P7550 35.6

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.80	0.53
Recency	14 June 2011	1 October 2009
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	25 Watt

A6-3410MX has a 50.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Core 2 Duo P7550, on the other hand, has 80% lower power consumption.

The A6-3410MX is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo P7550 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-3410MX and Core 2 Duo P7550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.