Ryzen Embedded 8840U vs Ryzen 5 3550H

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 3550H and Ryzen Embedded 8840U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1228	not rated
Place by popularity	80	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	13.23	no data
Architecture codename	Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020)	Hawk Point (2024)
Release date	6 January 2019 (5 years ago)	2 April 2024 (less than a year ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 3550H and Ryzen Embedded 8840U 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)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	8	16
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	4 nm
Die size	209.78 mm2	178 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	4940 Million	25,000 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 3550H and Ryzen Embedded 8840U 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	FP5	FP8
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	28 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Ryzen Embedded 8840U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA	no data
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Ryzen Embedded 8840U are enumerated here.

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Ryzen Embedded 8840U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR5
Maximum memory size	64 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

AMD Radeon 780M

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 3550H and Ryzen Embedded 8840U.

PCIe version	3.0	4.0
PCI Express lanes	12	20

Pros & cons summary

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Integrated graphics card	4.50	18.27
Recency	6 January 2019	2 April 2024
Physical cores	4	8
Threads	8	16
Chip lithography	12 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	28 Watt

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