AMD A8-4555M vs AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-4555M and AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 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 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • 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
  • 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 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 789 vs 724
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1331 vs 649
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 October 2012 vs 13 April 2007
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 1024 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 789 vs 724
PassMark - CPU mark 1331 vs 649

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62

  • 4.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1024 vs 247
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1658 vs 662
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1024 vs 247
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1658 vs 662

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-4555M
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
789
724
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1331
649
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
247
1024
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
662
1658
Name AMD A8-4555M AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62
PassMark - Single thread mark 789 724
PassMark - CPU mark 1331 649
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 247 1024
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 662 1658
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.238
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 143.398
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 34.439

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A8-4555M AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Tyler
Launch date 1 October 2012 13 April 2007
Place in performance rating 2373 2396
Series AMD A-Series 2x AMD Turion 64
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 4096 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 65 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 2
Transistor count 1303 Million
Front-side bus (FSB) 800 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FP2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)