AMD A4-4355M vs Intel Core 2 Duo T5850

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-4355M and Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 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

Intel Core 2 Duo T5850

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-4355M

CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 14% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 34 Watt
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 813 vs 747
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 806 vs 721

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2012 vs 1 October 2008
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 34 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	813 vs 747
PassMark - CPU mark	806 vs 721

Reasons to consider the Intel Core 2 Duo T5850

Around 15% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 241 vs 210
Around 37% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 430 vs 313

Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	241 vs 210
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	430 vs 313

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-4355M
CPU 2: Intel Core 2 Duo T5850

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

813

747

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

806

721

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

210

241

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

313

430

Name	AMD A4-4355M	Intel Core 2 Duo T5850
PassMark - Single thread mark	813	747
PassMark - CPU mark	806	721
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	210	241
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	313	430

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4-4355M	Intel Core 2 Duo T5850
Essentials
Architecture codename	Trinity	Merom
Launch date	1 October 2012	1 October 2008
Place in performance rating	2955	2977
Series	AMD A-Series	Intel Core 2 Duo
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Price now		$15.90
Value for money (0-100)		22.13
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	246 mm
L1 cache	96 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	100 °C
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz	2.1 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Transistor count	1303 Million
Front-side bus (FSB)		667 MHz
Number of threads		2
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FP2
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt	34 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)