Celeron M 722 vs A8-4557M
Primary details
Comparing A8-4557M and Celeron M 722 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | Intel Celeron M |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | Penryn (2008−2011) |
| Release date | 15 May 2012 (12 years ago) | 1 October 2008 (15 years ago) |
| Current price | $60 | no data |
Detailed specifications
A8-4557M and Celeron M 722 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 | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 107 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 1303 Million | 410 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on A8-4557M and Celeron M 722 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.
| Socket | BGA | VGA956 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 5.5 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4557M and Celeron M 722. 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 | + | no data |
| FMA | + | no data |
| AVX | + | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 7640G | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 May 2012 | 1 October 2008 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 5 Watt |
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