Mobile Pentium 4 552 vs A8-5550M

Place in the ranking	2369	3222
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Mobile Pentium 4
Power efficiency	3.19	0.23
Architecture codename	Richland (2013−2014)	Prescott (2001−2005)
Release date	1 June 2013 (11 years ago)	no data

Detailed specifications

A8-5550M and Mobile Pentium 4 552 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	1
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	3.46 GHz
Bus rate	no data	533 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB (per core)	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	no data
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Die size	246 mm²	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	71 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	no data
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-5550M and Mobile Pentium 4 552 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	FS1r2	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	88 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5550M and Mobile Pentium 4 552. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5550M and Mobile Pentium 4 552 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5550M and Mobile Pentium 4 552. 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 8550G (515 - 720 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.

A8-5550M 1.18
+462%

Mobile Pentium 4 552 0.21

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.

A8-5550M 26.02
+231%

Mobile Pentium 4 552 86

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.18	0.21
Physical cores	4	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	88 Watt

A8-5550M has a 461.9% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 151.4% lower power consumption.

The A8-5550M is our recommended choice as it beats the Mobile Pentium 4 552 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A8-5550M and Mobile Pentium 4 552, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.