Core 2 Duo T9400 vs A8-4500M

Place in the ranking	2417	2760
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency	2.87	1.73
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$316

Detailed specifications

A8-4500M and Core 2 Duo T9400 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	2.53 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	2.53 GHz
Bus rate	no data	1066 MHz
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	6 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	6 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	246 mm²	107 mm²
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	410 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	no data	1.05V-1.162V

Compatibility

Information on A8-4500M and Core 2 Duo T9400 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	BGA479,BGA956,PBGA479,PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4500M and Core 2 Duo T9400. 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	no data
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	-
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	-
Idle States	no data	-
Demand Based Switching	no data	-
FSB parity	no data	-

Security technologies

A8-4500M and Core 2 Duo T9400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-4500M and Core 2 Duo T9400 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
VT-x	no data	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4500M and Core 2 Duo T9400. 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

AMD Radeon HD 7640G

no data

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.

A8-4500M 1.06
+65.6%

Core 2 Duo T9400 0.64

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.

A8-4500M 1689
+67.1%

Core 2 Duo T9400 1011

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.

A8-4500M 291

Core 2 Duo T9400 322
+10.7%

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.

A8-4500M 650
+28.2%

Core 2 Duo T9400 507

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A8-4500M 1821

Core 2 Duo T9400 2818
+54.8%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A8-4500M 4872

Core 2 Duo T9400 5268
+8.1%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A8-4500M 2438
+5.8%

Core 2 Duo T9400 2304

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A8-4500M 31.45

Core 2 Duo T9400 31
+1.5%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.06	0.64
Recency	15 May 2012	15 July 2008
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm

A8-4500M has a 65.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The A8-4500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo T9400 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A8-4500M and Core 2 Duo T9400, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.