A8-3550MX vs A6-3500

Place in the ranking	2554	2432
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	1.30	2.23
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	17 August 2011 (13 years ago)	20 December 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A6-3500 and A8-3550MX 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	3 (Tri-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	3	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	128K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	228 mm²	228 mm²
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A6-3500 and A8-3550MX 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	1
Socket	FM1	FS1
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A6-3500 and A8-3550MX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

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3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A6-3500 and A8-3550MX are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A6-3500 and A8-3550MX. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Radeon HD 6530D

AMD Radeon HD 6620G (444 MHz)

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.

A6-3500 0.89

A8-3550MX 1.06
+19.1%

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.

A6-3500 1420

A8-3550MX 1687
+18.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.89	1.06
Recency	17 August 2011	20 December 2011
Physical cores	3	4
Threads	3	4
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	45 Watt

A8-3550MX has a 19.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, 33.3% more physical cores and 33.3% more threads, and 44.4% lower power consumption.

The A8-3550MX is our recommended choice as it beats the A6-3500 in performance tests.

Note that A6-3500 is a desktop processor while A8-3550MX is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A6-3500 and A8-3550MX, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.