AMD A8-5557M vs AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

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AMD A8-5557M CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
AMD A8-5557M AMD Athlon Gold 7220U

CPU comparison

AMD A8-5557M or AMD Athlon Gold 7220U - 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 A8-5557M 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 A8-5557M was released in Q2/2013.

The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U was released in Q3/2022.
AMD A (112) Family AMD Athlon (29)
AMD A8-5000M (3) CPU group AMD Ryzen 7020U (4)
3 Generation 6
Richland (Piledriver) Architecture Mendocino (Zen 2)
Mobile Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The AMD A8-5557M has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the AMD A8-5557M is 2.10 GHz (3.10 GHz) while the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U is at 2.40 GHz (3.70 GHz).

AMD A8-5557M Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
4 Cores 2
4 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.10 GHz Frequency 2.40 GHz
3.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 3.70 GHz
3.10 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.00 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

AMD A8-5557M Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The AMD A8-5557M or AMD Athlon Gold 7220U 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 HD 8550G GPU AMD Radeon 610M
0.52 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
0.72 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.90 GHz
5 GPU Generation 9
32 nm Technology 6 nm
2 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 2
256 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 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 610M
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 Decode
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The AMD A8-5557M can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 44.0 GB/s.

AMD A8-5557M Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
DDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR5-5500
Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 44.0 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 4
-- PCIe Bandwidth 3.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the AMD A8-5557M is 35 W, while the AMD Athlon Gold 7220U has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

AMD A8-5557M Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
35 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 8 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The AMD A8-5557M is manufactured in 32 nm and has 4.00 MB cache. The AMD Athlon Gold 7220U is manufactured in 6 nm and has a 5.00 MB cache.

AMD A8-5557M Characteristic AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
32 nm Technology 6 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 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
FP2 Socket FT6
AMD-V Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2013 Release date Q3/2022
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-5557M (47%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
AMD A8-5557M (57%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U (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 A8-5557M AMD A8-5557M
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
442 (47%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
934 (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 A8-5557M AMD A8-5557M
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
1201 (56%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2154 (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 A8-5557M AMD A8-5557M
AMD Radeon HD 8550G @ 0.72 GHz
369 (96%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
AMD Radeon 610M @ 1.90 GHz
383 (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 A8-5557M AMD A8-5557M
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
2892 (58%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
5012 (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 A8-5557M AMD A8-5557M
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz
1180 (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 A8-5557M AMD A8-5557M
4C 4T @ 3.10 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Athlon Gold 7220U AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
2C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
2629 (100%)

Devices using this processor

AMD A8-5557M AMD Athlon Gold 7220U
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