AMD A8-5557M vs Intel Core i3-3227U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i3
• Generation
  3 3
• CPU group
  AMD A8-5000M Intel Core i 3000U

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
  2.10 GHz 1.90 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.10 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal

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 8550G Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU frequency
  0.52 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.72 GHz 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  4 16
• Shader
  256 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  5 7
• DirectX Version
  11 11.0
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2011

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-3227U and AMD A8-5557M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-5557M and Intel Core i3-3227U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 17 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-5557M and AMD A8-5557M, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Richland (Piledriver) Ivy Bridge U
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Socket
  FP2 BGA 1023
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2013