AMD A8-4555M vs Intel Core i3-2332M

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-4555M and Intel Core i3-2332M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. 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) 0 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8x 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
Launch date 1 October 2012 vs September 2011
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-2332M

  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 936 vs 789
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1353 vs 1331
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 936 vs 789
PassMark - CPU mark 1353 vs 1331

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-4555M
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-2332M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
789
936
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1331
1353
Name AMD A8-4555M Intel Core i3-2332M
PassMark - Single thread mark 789 936
PassMark - CPU mark 1331 1353
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 247
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 662
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 Intel Core i3-2332M

Essentials

Architecture codename Trinity Sandy Bridge
Launch date 1 October 2012 September 2011
Place in performance rating 2373 2363
Series AMD A-Series
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm 149 mm
L1 cache 192 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4096 KB 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 32 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4
Transistor count 1303 Million 624 million
L3 cache 3072 KB (shared)

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported FP2 G2 (988B)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 19 Watt 35 Watt

Advanced Technologies

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

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3