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.

AMD A4-4355M

AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-4355M

CPU is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 9 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	2955	2940
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™)