AMD A8-4555M vs AMD Athlon II N370

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-4555M and AMD Athlon II N370 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-4555M

• CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 84% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 35 Watt
• Around 49% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1341 vs 899

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II N370

• Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
• Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 913 vs 791

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-4555M
CPU 2: AMD Athlon II N370

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	791 913
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1341 899

Compare specifications (specs)