AMD A8-5550M vs Intel Xeon Silver 4209T

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AMD A8-5550M CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
AMD A8-5550M Intel Xeon Silver 4209T

CPU comparison

AMD A8-5550M or Intel Xeon Silver 4209T - 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 Intel Xeon Silver 4209T has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.20 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4209T was released in Q2/2019.
AMD A (112) Family Intel Xeon Silver (32)
AMD A8-5000M (3) CPU group Intel Xeon Silver 4200 (11)
3 Generation 2
Richland (Piledriver) Architecture Cascade Lake
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
-- 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 Intel Xeon Silver 4209T has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.20 GHz (3.20 GHz).

AMD A8-5550M Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
4 Cores 8
4 Threads 16
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 2.20 GHz
3.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.20 GHz
3.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.40 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 Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
-- 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 no iGPU
0.52 GHz GPU frequency --
0.72 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
5 GPU Generation --
32 nm Technology
2 Max. displays
4 Compute units --
256 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory --
11 DirectX Version --

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 no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC No
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A8-5550M supports a maximum of GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Silver 4209T can connect up to 1024 GB of memory in 6 memory channels.

AMD A8-5550M Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
DDR3-1600 Memory DDR4-2400
Max. Memory 1024 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 6 (Hexa Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
-- L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 11.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 48
-- PCIe Bandwidth 47.3 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 Intel Xeon Silver 4209T is 70 W.

AMD A8-5550M Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 70 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The AMD A8-5550M has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon Silver 4209T cache has a total of 11.00 MB.

AMD A8-5550M Characteristic Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
32 nm Technology 14 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, AVX-512
FS1r2 Socket LGA 3647
AMD-V Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 501 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-5550M (43%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4209T (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-5550M (22%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4209T (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 AMD A8-5550M
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
381 (43%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4209T Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
8C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
889 (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 AMD A8-5550M
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
947 (15%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4209T Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz
6354 (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 AMD A8-5550M
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
3093 (28%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4209T Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
8C 16T @ 2.40 GHz
11087 (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 A8-5550M
AMD Radeon HD 8550G @ 0.72 GHz
369 (100%)
Intel Xeon Silver 4209T Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A8-5550M Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
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