Core i5-2515E vs A8-5550M

Place in performance ranking	2211	2204
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Core i5
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	1 June 2013 (10 years old)	1 February 2011 (13 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$266
Current price	$234	no data

Technical specs

A8-5550M and Core i5-2515E 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	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus support	no data	4 × 5 GT/s
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	256K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm²	149 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	624 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on A8-5550M and Core i5-2515E 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 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FS1r2	Intel BGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5550M and Core i5-2515E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controller	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+

Security technologies

A8-5550M and Core i5-2515E technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT

no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5550M and Core i5-2515E are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	no data
VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5550M and Core i5-2515E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3
Maximum memory size	no data	16 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	no data	21.335 GB/s
ECC memory support	no data	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 8550G

Intel HD Graphics 3000

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.

A8-5550M 1.22

i5-2515E 1.23
+0.8%

Core i5-2515E outperforms A8-5550M by 1% 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%

A8-5550M 1863

i5-2515E 1882
+1%

Core i5-2515E outperforms A8-5550M by 1% in Passmark.