A8-3550MX: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregated performance score

It provides poor benchmark performance at 1.09% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

AMD started A8-3550MX sales 20 December 2011. This is a Llano architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2700 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket FS1 processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports DDR3 memory.

General info

A8-3550MX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking2270
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series
Architecture codenameLlano (2011−2012)
Release date20 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price$221 of 17802 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)
Threads4
Base clock speed2 GHzof 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X)
Boost clock speed2.7 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache128K (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache1 MB (per core)of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache0 KBof 786432 (EPYC 7773X)
Chip lithography32 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size228 mm2
Number of transistors1,178 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility-
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on A8-3550MX compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M)
SocketFS1
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

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

Instruction set extensions3DNow!, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4a, Radeon HD 6620G, DDR3(L)-1333/1600 Memory Controller

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by A8-3550MX's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into A8-3550MX.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 6620G

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of A8-3550MX. Overall benchmark performance 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.

A8-3550MX 1.09

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%

A8-3550MX 1687

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall A8-3550MX performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.


A8-3550MX 100
A8-4500M 99.08
A4-7210 99.08
A6-6310 99.08

Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to A8-3550MX is Core i3-3120M, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.

i3-3120MCore i33120M
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Here are some closest Intel rivals to A8-3550MX:

Pentium 4425Y 100.92
A8-3550MX 100

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Recommended GPUs

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These are the fastest graphics cards for A8-3550MX in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 46 configurations based on A8-3550MX in our database.

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