AMD PRO A6-8550B: specs and benchmarks

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Summary

AMD started PRO A6-8550B sales 29 September 2015. This is a Godaveri architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 2 cores and 2 threads, and is based on 28nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4000 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FM2+ processor with a TDP of 65 Watt and a maximum temperature of 72 °C. It supports DDR3-2133 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at 1.23% of a leader's which is AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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General info

PRO A6-8550B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking2193
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Architecture codenameGodaveri (2014−2018)
Release date29 September 2015 (8 years old)

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 cores2 (Dual-core)
Threads2
Base clock speed3.5 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L2 cache1024 KBof 36864 (Apple M2 Max)
Chip lithography28 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size245 mm2
Maximum core temperature71 °Cof 110 (Atom x7-E3950)
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cof 105 (Core i7-5950HQ)
Number of transistors2,411 millionof 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX)
64 bit support+
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on PRO A6-8550B 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 (Opteron 842)
SocketFM2+
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by PRO A6-8550B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
FMA+
AVX+
FRTC1
FreeSync1
PowerTune+
DualGraphics1
TrueAudio+
PowerNow+
PowerGating+
Out-of-band client management+
VirusProtect+
RAID+
HSA1

Virtualization technologies

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

AMD-V+
IOMMU 2.0+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by PRO A6-8550B's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into PRO A6-8550B.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count4
Number of pipelines256
Enduro+
Switchable graphics1
UVD+
VCE+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of PRO A6-8550B's integrated GPU.

DisplayPort+
HDMI+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by PRO A6-8550B's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12
Vulkan1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version3.0of 5 (Core i9-12900K)
PCI Express lanes16of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of PRO A6-8550B. 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.

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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%

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Gaming performance

Relative perfomance

Overall PRO A6-8550B performance compared to nearest competitors among desktop CPUs.


Intel equivalent

According to our data, the closest Intel alternative to PRO A6-8550B is Core 2 Quad Q8300, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our ranking.

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Recommended GPUs

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These are the fastest graphics cards for PRO A6-8550B in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 40 configurations based on PRO A6-8550B in our database.

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