A8-4557M vs A4-4300M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	2782	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD A-Series
Power efficiency	1.69	no data
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date	15 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 cores	2 (Dual-core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	2.5 GHz	1.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.8 GHz
L1 cache	96 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)	4 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	32 nm
Die size	246 mm2	246 mm2
Number of transistors	1,303 million	1303 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	FS1r2	BGA
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 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 extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	86x 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 types

unknown

no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare

AMD Radeon HD 7420G (480 - 655 MHz)

AMD Radeon HD 7640G (497 - 655 MHz)

Pros & cons summary

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

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