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AMD A8-5545M vs AMD A6-3420M. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2013
AMD A8-5545M
AMD A8-5545M
Released
Q4/2011
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AMD A6-3420M
AMD A6-3420M

What's the best choice AMD A8-5545M or AMD A6-3420M? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

AMD A8-5545M has a maximum frequency of 1.70 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 19 W. Released in Q2/2013.

AMD A6-3420M has a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 35 W. Released in Q4/2011.

Differences

AMD A8-5545M Reasons to consider
AMD A8-5545M
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1621 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 12% better clock speed

    1.70 GHz left arrow 1.50 GHz
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 11% better overclocked clock speed

    2.70 GHz left arrow 2.40 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    19 W left arrow 35 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A8-5545M CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1369 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1388 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    785 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    817 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    838 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    704 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1140 place
AMD A6-3420M Reasons to consider
AMD A6-3420M
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1751 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD A6-3420M CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1388 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1396 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1231 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    700 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    1202 place

Specifications

Technical data
AMD A8-5545M AMD A8-5545M
AMD A6-3420M AMD A6-3420M
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    AMD A left arrow AMD A
  • Generation
    3 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    AMD A8-5000M left arrow AMD A6-3000M
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    1.70 GHz left arrow 1.50 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.70 GHz left arrow 2.40 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (4 Cores)
    2.70 GHz left arrow 2.40 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    AMD Radeon HD 8510G left arrow AMD Radeon HD 6520G
  • GPU frequency
    0.45 GHz left arrow 0.40 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    0.55 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    6 left arrow 5
  • Shader
    384 left arrow 320
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow 1 GB
  • Max. displays
    2 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 3
  • DirectX Version
    11 left arrow 11
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow Q2/2011
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A6-3420M and AMD A8-5545M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR3-1333 left arrow DDR3-1333
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-5545M and AMD A6-3420M to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    19 W left arrow 35 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-5545M and AMD A8-5545M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    AMD-V left arrow AMD-V
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 left arrow SSE3, SSE4a
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Richland (Piledriver) left arrow Llano (K10)
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Socket
    FP2 left arrow FS1
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow Q4/2011

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between AMD A8-5545M and AMD A6-3420M.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
288
AMD A8-5545M
259
AMD A6-3420M
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
786
AMD A8-5545M
773
AMD A6-3420M
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
425
AMD A8-5545M
256
AMD A6-3420M
Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
The PC CPU and GPU test involves rendering a specific 3D scene in multi-core mode and hyperthreading, based on CINEMA 4D
1.55
AMD A8-5545M
1.95
AMD A6-3420M
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
2488
AMD A8-5545M
2084
AMD A6-3420M

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