AMD A8-4555M vs AMD Turion X2 RM-74
Comparative analysis of AMD A8-4555M and AMD Turion X2 RM-74 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 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
- 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
- Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 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 7% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 789 vs 738
- 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1331 vs 655
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 1 October 2012 vs 1 January 2009 |
Number of cores | 4 vs 2 |
Number of threads | 4 vs 2 |
Maximum frequency | 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 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 738 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1331 vs 655 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Turion X2 RM-74
- Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- 4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 994 vs 247
- 2.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1795 vs 662
Specifications (specs) | |
L1 cache | 256 KB vs 192 KB |
Benchmarks | |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 994 vs 247 |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 1795 vs 662 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD A8-4555M
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 RM-74
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Geekbench 4 - Single Core |
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Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core |
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Name | AMD A8-4555M | AMD Turion X2 RM-74 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 789 | 738 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 1331 | 655 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 247 | 994 |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 662 | 1795 |
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 X2 RM-74 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Trinity | Lion |
Launch date | 1 October 2012 | 1 January 2009 |
Place in performance rating | 2373 | 2393 |
Series | AMD A-Series | 2x AMD Turion |
Vertical segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Die size | 246 mm | |
L1 cache | 192 KB | 256 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 | 2.2 GHz |
Number of cores | 4 | 2 |
Number of threads | 4 | 2 |
Transistor count | 1303 Million | |
Front-side bus (FSB) | 3600 MHz | |
Compatibility |
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Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 1 |
Sockets supported | FP2 | S1 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 19 Watt | 35 Watt |
Advanced Technologies |
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Fused Multiply-Add (FMA) | ||
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) | ||
Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
PowerNow | ||
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) |