i7-660LM vs A8-4500M

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Primary details

Comparing A8-4500M and Core i7-660LM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2433not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Core i7
Power efficiency2.86no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)13 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$346

Detailed specifications

A8-4500M and Core i7-660LM 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.9 GHz2.26 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.06 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rateno data1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data17
L1 cache192 KB128 KB
L2 cache4 MB (shared)512 KB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm281+177 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistors1,178 million382+177 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-4500M and Core i7-660LM 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFS1r2BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4500M and Core i7-660LM. 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, FMAIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

A8-4500M and Core i7-660LM technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-4500M and Core i7-660LM are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4500M and Core i7-660LM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownDDR3-800, DDR3-1066
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17.051 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7640G (496 - 685 MHz)Intel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data566 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-4500M and Core i7-660LM integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-4500M and Core i7-660LM.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 1.19 0.77
Recency 15 May 2012 13 September 2010
Physical cores 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 25 Watt

A8-4500M has 54.5% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores.

i7-660LM, on the other hand, has 40% lower power consumption.

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