A8-5500 vs A4-4300M

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Aggregate performance score

A4-4300M
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.63
A8-5500
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 65 Watt
1.64
+160%

A8-5500 outperforms A4-4300M by a whopping 160% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A4-4300M and A8-5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27672072
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
Power efficiency1.702.39
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Trinity (2012−2013)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)2 October 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-4300M and A8-5500 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 GHz3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3 GHz3.7 GHz
L1 cache96 KB128 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB (shared)1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm2246 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data71 °C
Number of transistors1,303 million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A4-4300M and A8-5500 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 configuration11
SocketFS1r2FM2
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-4300M and A8-5500. 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, FMAno data
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-4300M and A8-5500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-4300M and A8-5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownDDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7420GAMD Radeon HD 7560D

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A4-4300M 0.63
A8-5500 1.64
+160%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A4-4300M 1000
A8-5500 2609
+161%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A4-4300M 297
A8-5500 380
+27.9%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A4-4300M 393
A8-5500 903
+130%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.63 1.64
Integrated graphics card 0.80 1.18
Recency 15 May 2012 2 October 2012
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

A4-4300M has 85.7% lower power consumption.

A8-5500, on the other hand, has a 160.3% higher aggregate performance score, 47.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 4 months, and 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

The A8-5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the A4-4300M in performance tests.

Be aware that A4-4300M is a notebook processor while A8-5500 is a desktop one.


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