AMD A6-4455M vs AMD Mobile Sempron M120

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-4455M and AMD Mobile Sempron M120 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-4455M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 786 vs 559
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 793 vs 247
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs 10 September 2009
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 786 vs 559
PassMark - CPU mark 793 vs 247

Reasons to consider the AMD Mobile Sempron M120

  • Around 39% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1190 vs 269
  • 2.9x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1132 vs 390
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 128 KB vs 92 KB
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1190 vs 269
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1132 vs 390

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-4455M
CPU 2: AMD Mobile Sempron M120

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
786
559
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
793
247
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
269
1190
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
390
1132
Name AMD A6-4455M AMD Mobile Sempron M120
PassMark - Single thread mark 786 559
PassMark - CPU mark 793 247
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 269 1190
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 390 1132
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 Mobile Sempron M120

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Caspian
Launch date 15 May 2012 10 September 2009
Place in performance rating 2460 2453
Series AMD A-Series AMD Mobile Sempron
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 92 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Transistor count 1303 Million
Front-side bus (FSB) 3200 MHz
Number of threads 1

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FP2 S
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt 25 Watt

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)