AMD A10-8700P vs Intel Core i7-4550U Benchmark, comparison and differences


AMD A10-8700P		Intel Core i7-4550U
CPU comparison AMD A10-8700P or Intel Core i7-4550U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The AMD A10-8700P has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-8700P was released in Q2/2015. The Intel Core i7-4550U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4550U was released in Q3/2013.

AMD A (112)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
AMD A10-8000 (1)	CPU group	Intel Core i 4000U (26)
5	Generation	4
Carizzo (Excavator)	Architecture	Haswell U
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	Intel Core i7-5550U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A10-8700P has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A10-8700P is 1.80 GHz while the Intel Core i7-4550U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-4550U is at 1.50 GHz (3.00 GHz).
AMD A10-8700P	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4550U
4	Cores	2
4	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.80 GHz	Frequency	1.50 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	3.00 GHz
3.20 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.60 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
AMD A10-8700P	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4550U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The AMD A10-8700P or Intel Core i7-4550U has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 5000
0.80 GHz	GPU frequency	0.20 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	1.10 GHz
6	GPU Generation	7.5
28 nm	Technology	22 nm
2	Max. displays	3
6	Compute units	40
384	Shader	320
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
12	DirectX Version	11.1

Hardware codec support A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)	GPU	Intel HD Graphics 5000
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode

AMD A10-8700P or Intel Core i7-4550U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The AMD A10-8700P has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A10-8700P was released in Q2/2015.

The Intel Core i7-4550U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-4550U was released in Q3/2013.

Memory & PCIe The AMD A10-8700P can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.2 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-4550U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.
AMD A10-8700P	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4550U
DDR3-2133	Memory	DDR3L-1600
	Max. Memory	16 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
34.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
No	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	--
2.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
--	PCIe version	2.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	6.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A10-8700P is --, while the Intel Core i7-4550U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
AMD A10-8700P	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4550U
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
12 W	TDP up	--
35 W	TDP down	--
90 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The AMD A10-8700P is manufactured in 28 nm and has 2.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-4550U is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 4.00 MB cache.
AMD A10-8700P	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-4550U
28 nm	Technology	22 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
AM1	Socket	BGA 1168
AMD-V	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2015	Release date	Q3/2013
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A10-8700P (53%)

Intel Core i7-4550U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

AMD A10-8700P (88%)

Intel Core i7-4550U (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	386 (51%)
	Intel Core i7-4550U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	762 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	1063 (93%)
	Intel Core i7-4550U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1139 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	AMD A10-8700P AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri) @ 0.80 GHz	614 (87%)
	Intel Core i7-4550U Intel HD Graphics 5000 @ 1.10 GHz	704 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	AMD A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	2259 (99%)
	Intel Core i7-4550U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	2275 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	AMD A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	66 (54%)
	Intel Core i7-4550U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	123 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	AMD A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	192 (71%)
	Intel Core i7-4550U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	269 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 1.80 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4550U 2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz	895 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	AMD A10-8700P 4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-4550U 2C 4T @ 2.60 GHz	1460 (100%)


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AMD A10-8700P vs Intel Core i7-4550U

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