Intel Core i5-3550S vs AMD A4-1200. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD A
• Generation
  3 7
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 3000 AMD A4-1000

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
  3.00 GHz 1.00 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.70 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• 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
  Intel HD Graphics 2500 AMD Radeon HD 8180
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz 0.23 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  6 2
• Shader
  48 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 2 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  7 5
• DirectX Version
  11.0 11.1
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q2/2013

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 / Encode Decode
• VP9
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD A4-1200 and Intel Core i5-3550S. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1333DDR3-1600 DDR3L-1066 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  32 GB --
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 --
• PCIe lanes
  16 --

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-3550S and AMD A4-1200 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 3.9 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-3550S and Intel Core i5-3550S, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
• L3-Cache
  6.00 MB 1.00 MB
• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S Temash (Jaguar)
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1155 FT3
• Release date
  Q2/2012 Q2/2013