AMD A4-4355M vs AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4355M and AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-4355M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 29% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 130 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 813 vs 546
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 806 vs 346
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2012 vs January 2001
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz vs 1.86 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 130 nm
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 813 vs 546
PassMark - CPU mark 806 vs 346

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
L1 cache 128 KB vs 96 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-4355M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
813
546
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
806
346
Name AMD A4-4355M AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+
PassMark - Single thread mark 813 546
PassMark - CPU mark 806 346
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 210
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 313

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A4-4355M AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Barton
Launch date 1 October 2012 January 2001
Place in performance rating 2945 2929
Series AMD A-Series
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm 101 mm
L1 cache 96 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 130 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 1.86 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 1303 Million 63 million

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP2 A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt 45 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)