AMD A8-5550M vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U

Last updated: 2023-05-04

CPU comparison with benchmarks


AMD A8-5550M		AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U
CPU comparison AMD A8-5550M or AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U - 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 A8-5550M has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.10 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The AMD A8-5550M was released in Q2/2013. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U has 4 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U was released in Q1/2019.

AMD A (112)	Family	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO (21)
AMD A8-5000M (3)	CPU group	AMD Ryzen 3000U (10)
3	Generation	2
Richland (Piledriver)	Architecture	Picasso (Zen+)
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
--	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The AMD A8-5550M is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.10 GHz (3.10 GHz). The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.30 GHz (4.00 GHz).
AMD A8-5550M	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U
4	Cores	4
4	Threads	8
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.10 GHz	Frequency	2.30 GHz
3.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.00 GHz
3.10 GHz	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	3.50 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 A8-5550M	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
AMD Radeon HD 8550G	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge)
0.52 GHz	GPU frequency	1.40 GHz
0.72 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
5	GPU Generation	8
32 nm	Technology	14 nm
2	Max. displays	3
4	Compute units	10
256	Shader	640
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
2 GB	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
11	DirectX Version	12

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 HD 8550G	GPU	AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec VC-1	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The AMD A8-5550M supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
AMD A8-5550M	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U
DDR3-1600	Memory	DDR4-2400
	Max. Memory	32 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
--	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	4.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	11.8 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The AMD A8-5550M has a TDP of 35 W, that of the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U is 15 W.
AMD A8-5550M	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U
35 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	35 W
--	TDP down	12 W
--	Tjunction max.	105 °C
Technical details The AMD A8-5550M has a 4.00 MB cache, while the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U cache has a total of 4.00 MB.
AMD A8-5550M	Characteristic	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U
32 nm	Technology	12 nm
Unknown	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	ISA extensions	SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FS1r2	Socket	FP5
AMD-V	Virtualization	AMD-V, SVM
Yes	AES-NI	Yes
	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2013	Release date	Q1/2019
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-5550M (50%)

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

AMD A8-5550M (39%)

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U (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 A8-5550M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	381 (50%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 4C 8T @ 4.00 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 A8-5550M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	947 (35%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	2684 (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 A8-5550M AMD Radeon HD 8550G @ 0.72 GHz	369 (21%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 (Raven Ridge) @ 1.40 GHz	1792 (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 A8-5550M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	3093 (42%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	7314 (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 A8-5550M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	1020 (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 A8-5550M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	3115 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 A8-5550M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	367 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 A8-5550M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	1515 (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 A8-5550M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz	146 (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 A8-5550M 4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz	0 (0%)
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 3700U 4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz	701 (100%)

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