AMD A6-4455M vs AMD A8-4557M

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-4455M and AMD A8-4557M 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD A6-4455M

AMD A8-4557M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-4455M

2.1x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 35 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-4557M

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 2
Maximum frequency	2.8 GHz vs 2.6 GHz
L2 cache	4 MB vs 2048 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-4455M
CPU 2: AMD A8-4557M

Name	AMD A6-4455M	AMD A8-4557M
PassMark - Single thread mark	788
PassMark - CPU mark	797
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	269
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	390
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	1.495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	3.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.075
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	0.164
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	0.881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1573
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3085
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1573
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3085

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6-4455M	AMD A8-4557M
Essentials
Architecture codename	Trinity	Trinity
Launch date	15 May 2012	15 May 2012
Place in performance rating	2462	not rated
Series	AMD A-Series	AMD A-Series
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	246 mm	246 mm
L1 cache	92 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	100 °C
Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz	2.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Transistor count	1303 Million	1303 Million
Number of threads		4
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FP2	BGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)