Pentium M 705 vs A8-4500M
Aggregate performance score
A8-4500M outperforms Pentium M 705 by a whopping 607% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing A8-4500M and Pentium M 705 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2433 | 3307 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | Pentium M |
| Power efficiency | 2.86 | 0.58 |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | Banias (2003) |
| Release date | 15 May 2012 (12 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
A8-4500M and Pentium M 705 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 1.9 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 400 MHz |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 1 MB L2 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 130 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.956V-1.484V |
Compatibility
Information on A8-4500M and Pentium M 705 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 | H-PBGA479, PPGA478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 24.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4500M and Pentium M 705. 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 | - |
| PAE | no data | 32 Bit |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
A8-4500M and Pentium M 705 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 Pentium M 705 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4500M and Pentium M 705. 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 (496 - 685 MHz) | 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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.06 | 0.15 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 130 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 24 Watt |
A8-4500M has a 606.7% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 306.3% more advanced lithography process.
Pentium M 705, on the other hand, has 45.8% lower power consumption.
The A8-4500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 705 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between A8-4500M and Pentium M 705, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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