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General information Core i5-3550S A8-3850
Launched Q2 2012 Q2 2011
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1155 FM1
Series Name Intel Core i5 AMD A8
Core Family Name Ivy Bridge Llano
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 3.3 %
Cores 4 0 % 4 0 %
Threads 4 0 % 4 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 35 % 100 W 0 %
Lithography 22 nm 31.3 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
4 × 64 kB Instruction
4 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 4 × 256 kB
4 × 1 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported No No
Integrated GPU Intel HD Graphics 2500 Radeon HD 6550D
Performance Core i5-3550S A8-3850
Overall Score 41157 0 % 35150 14.6 %
Future Proof 30 % 0 % 24 % 20 %
Benchmark Score 2869 0 % 1526 46.8 %
Single Thread Score 1966 0 % 1220.5 37.9 %
Encrypting Data 1069.5 MB/s 69.4 % 3496.1 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 68 MB/s 0 % 51.5 MB/s 24.3 %
String objects sorting 8959.7 thousand/s 0 % 6388 thousand/s 28.7 %
Prime numbers generation 28.9 millions/s 0 % 11 millions/s 61.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 14581 millions/s 0 % 6911.4 millions/s 52.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 10605.7 millions/s 0 % 5315.7 millions/s 49.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-3550S, A8-3850.

Average frames per second Core i5-3550S A8-3850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 76.9 FPS 59.1 FPS
High settings 123.1 FPS 94.6 FPS
Medium settings 153.8 FPS 118.2 FPS
Low settings 192.3 FPS 147.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.2 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-3550S A8-3850
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 123.1 FPS 112.5 FPS
High settings 196.9 FPS 180.0 FPS
Medium settings 246.1 FPS 225.0 FPS
Low settings 307.7 FPS 281.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 8.6 %
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