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

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

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

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz 1.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.1 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  11 11.0
• Execution units
  4 16
• Generation
  5 7
• GPU Frequency
  520 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 8550G Intel HD Graphics 4000
• GPU Turbo
  720 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2011
• Shader
  256 128
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

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.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-5557M and Intel Core i3-3227U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 17 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-5557M and Intel Core i3-3227U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Richland (Piledriver) Ivy Bridge U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q1/2013
• Socket
  FP2 BGA 1023
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d