A8-3550MX vs A8-3510MX

Place in performance ranking	2307	2275
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD A-Series
Architecture codename	Llano (2011−2012)	Llano (2011−2012)
Release date	14 June 2011 (12 years ago)	20 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	$77	$221

Technical specs

A8-3510MX 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	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.5 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	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A8-3510MX 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	FS1	FS1
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-3510MX and A8-3550MX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions

3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G, DDR3(L)-1333/1600 Memory Controller

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-3510MX and A8-3550MX are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-3510MX 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

AMD Radeon HD 6620G

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.

A8-3510MX 1.04

A8-3550MX 1.09
+4.8%

A8-3550MX outperforms A8-3510MX by 5% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A8-3510MX 1614

A8-3550MX 1687
+4.5%

A8-3550MX outperforms A8-3510MX by 5% in Passmark.