A8-4557M vs A10-4600M

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Primary details

Comparing A10-4600M and A8-4557M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2336not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD A-Series
Power efficiency3.28no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)15 May 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-4600M and A8-4557M basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed2.3 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache4 MB (shared)4 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm2246 mm2
Number of transistors1,178 million1303 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A10-4600M and A8-4557M compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
SocketFS1r2BGA
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-4600M and A8-4557M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-4600M and A8-4557M are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-4600M and A8-4557M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7660G (497 - 686 MHz)AMD Radeon HD 7640G (497 - 655 MHz)

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 1.24 1.19

A10-4600M has 4.2% faster integrated GPU.

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