A8-4557M vs A4-4300M

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Primary details

Comparing A4-4300M and A8-4557M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2762not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD A-Series
Power efficiency1.69no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)15 May 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-4300M 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speed2.5 GHz1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz2.8 GHz
L1 cache96 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB (shared)4 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm2246 mm2
Number of transistors1,303 million1303 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-4300M 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 A4-4300M 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 A4-4300M and A8-4557M are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-4300M and A8-4557M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7420GAMD Radeon HD 7640G

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 0.80 1.19
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4

A8-4557M has 48.8% faster integrated GPU, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

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