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: 791 vs 738
• 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1341 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

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-4555M
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 RM-74

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	791 738
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1341 655
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	247 994
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	662 1795

Compare specifications (specs)