AMD Phenom II X3 N850 vs A8-5557M

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Combined performance score

A8-5557M
1.17
+42.7%

A8-5557M outperforms Phenom II X3 N850 by 43% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing A8-5557M and Phenom II X3 N850 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking22232453
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Series3x AMD Phenom II
Architecture codenameRichland (2013−2014)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date1 June 2013 (10 years old)4 October 2010 (13 years old)
Current price$60 $14.89

Technical specs

A8-5557M and Phenom II X3 N850 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)3 (Tri-Core)
Threads43
Base clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus supportno data3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB (per core)384 KB
L2 cache1 MB (per core)1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)71 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A8-5557M and Phenom II X3 N850 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 configuration1no data
SocketFP2S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-5557M and Phenom II X3 N850. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controller86x MMX(+), 3DNow!(+), SSE(1,2,3,4A),-64, AMD-V, DDR3-1333 memory controller
AES-NI+no data
FMA+no data
AVX+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5557M and Phenom II X3 N850 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5557M and Phenom II X3 N850. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 8550Gno 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.

A8-5557M 1.17
+42.7%
Phenom II X3 N850 0.82

A8-5557M outperforms Phenom II X3 N850 by 43% in our combined 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%

A8-5557M 1801
+43.7%
Phenom II X3 N850 1253

A8-5557M outperforms Phenom II X3 N850 by 44% in Passmark.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A8-5557M 2115
+10%
Phenom II X3 N850 1922

A8-5557M outperforms Phenom II X3 N850 by 10% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A8-5557M 5259
+1.7%
Phenom II X3 N850 5169

A8-5557M outperforms Phenom II X3 N850 by 2% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A8-5557M 2747
+6.3%
Phenom II X3 N850 2584

A8-5557M outperforms Phenom II X3 N850 by 6% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A8-5557M 26.82
Phenom II X3 N850 23.4
+14.6%

A8-5557M outperforms Phenom II X3 N850 by 15% in wPrime 32.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 1.17 0.82
Recency 1 June 2013 4 October 2010
Physical cores 4 3
Threads 4 3
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm

The A8-5557M is our recommended choice as it beats the Phenom II X3 N850 in performance tests.


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