A8-5545M vs Celeron M 743
Primary details
Comparing Celeron M 743 and A8-5545M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 2435 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Celeron M | AMD A-Series |
| Architecture codename | Penryn (2008−2011) | Richland (2013−2014) |
| Release date | 1 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 23 May 2013 (11 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $107 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Celeron M 743 and A8-5545M 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.7 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.3 GHz | 2.7 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 128 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 71 °C |
| Number of transistors | 410 Million | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Celeron M 743 and A8-5545M 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | BGA965 | FP2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 19 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 743 and A8-5545M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 743 and A8-5545M are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 743 and A8-5545M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon HD 8510G |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 September 2009 | 23 May 2013 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 10 Watt | 19 Watt |
Celeron M 743 has 90% lower power consumption.
A8-5545M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Celeron M 743 and A8-5545M. We've got no test results to judge.
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