A4-1250 vs Core i7-2637M

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Primary details

Comparing Core i7-2637M and A4-1250 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking2264not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i7AMD A-Series
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Temash (2013)
Release date3 January 2011 (13 years ago)23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$289no data
Current price$277 (1x MSRP)$337

Detailed specifications

Core i7-2637M and A4-1250 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.7 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz1 GHz
L1 cache128 KB128K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cache4 MB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size149 mm2246 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data90 °C
Number of transistors624 Million1,178 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-2637M and A4-1250 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
SocketFCBGA1023FT3
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt8 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-2637M and A4-1250. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® AVX86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, DDR3L-1333
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi+no data
Turbo Boost Technology+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data
StatusDiscontinuedno data

Security technologies

Core i7-2637M and A4-1250 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Identity Protection+no data
Anti-Theft+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-2637M and A4-1250 are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-2637M and A4-1250. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1066, DDR3-1333DDR3
Maximum memory size8.01 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.3 GB/sno data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics 3000AMD Radeon HD 8210
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.2 GHzno data
InTru 3D+no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i7-2637M and A4-1250 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data
eDP+no data
DisplayPort+no data
HDMI+no data
SDVO+no data
CRT+no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i7-2637M and A4-1250.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i7-2637M 1831
+351%
A4-1250 406

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 351% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-2637M 445
+359%
A4-1250 97

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 359% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i7-2637M 968
+444%
A4-1250 178

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 444% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i7-2637M 3600
+443%
A4-1250 663

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 443% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-2637M 7074
+462%
A4-1250 1258

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 462% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i7-2637M 2834
+283%
A4-1250 741

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 283% in 3DMark06 CPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i7-2637M 21.7
+412%
A4-1250 111.2

A4-1250 outperforms Core i7-2637M by 412% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i7-2637M 2
+374%
A4-1250 0

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 374% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-2637M 201
+518%
A4-1250 33

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 518% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i7-2637M 93
+354%
A4-1250 21

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 354% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i7-2637M 1.09
+445%
A4-1250 0.2

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 445% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-2637M 1.2
+344%
A4-1250 0.3

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 344% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-2637M 2325
+402%
A4-1250 464

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 402% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-2637M 12
+323%
A4-1250 3

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 323% in x264 encoding pass 2.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i7-2637M 70
+365%
A4-1250 15

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 365% in x264 encoding pass 1.

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i7-2637M 4566
+349%
A4-1250 1018

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 349% in Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core.

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 5%

i7-2637M 2288
+286%
A4-1250 592

Core i7-2637M outperforms A4-1250 by 286% in Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core.

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2011 23 May 2013
Threads 4 2
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 8 Watt

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