AMD A8-4500M vs AMD Turion II N530

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-4500M and AMD Turion II N530 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-4500M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1685 vs 855
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2012 vs 12 May 2010
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 2048 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1685 vs 855

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II N530

  • Around 38% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 968 vs 917
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1453 vs 319
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2232 vs 850
Specifications (specs)
L1 cache 265 KB vs 192 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 968 vs 917
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1453 vs 319
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2232 vs 850

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-4500M
CPU 2: AMD Turion II N530

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
917
968
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1685
855
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
319
1453
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
850
2232
Name AMD A8-4500M AMD Turion II N530
PassMark - Single thread mark 917 968
PassMark - CPU mark 1685 855
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 319 1453
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 850 2232
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.85
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6.601
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.252
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1.772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2944
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 4413
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2944
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 4413

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A8-4500M AMD Turion II N530

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Champlain
Launch date 15 May 2012 12 May 2010
Place in performance rating 1995 1984
Series AMD A-Series AMD Turion II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Price now $30
Value for money (0-100) 15.55

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 265 KB
L2 cache 4096 KB 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 2.5 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 2
Transistor count 1303 Million
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FS1r2 S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)