AMD PRO A4-4350B vs AMD A8-4555M

Comparative analysis of AMD PRO A4-4350B and AMD A8-4555M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, 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).

AMD PRO A4-4350B

AMD A8-4555M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD PRO A4-4350B

Around 21% higher clock speed: 2.9 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 27% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 19 Watt
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 941 vs 789

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 19 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	941 vs 789

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-4555M

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1331 vs 1118

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	4 vs 2
L2 cache	4096 KB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	1331 vs 1118

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD PRO A4-4350B
CPU 2: AMD A8-4555M

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

941

789

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1118

1331

Name	AMD PRO A4-4350B	AMD A8-4555M
PassMark - Single thread mark	941	789
PassMark - CPU mark	1118	1331
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 PRO A4-4350B	AMD A8-4555M
Essentials
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	Q1 2018	1 October 2012
OPN Tray	AM435BAYN23AC
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	2355	2373
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A4 APU for Laptops	AMD A-Series
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Architecture codename		Trinity
Performance
Base frequency	2.5 GHz
Compute Cores	5
L2 cache	1 MB	4096 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	90°C
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	2	4
Number of GPU cores	3
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		246 mm
L1 cache		192 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase)		100 °C
Number of threads		4
Transistor count		1303 Million
Memory
Max memory channels	1
Supported memory frequency	2133 MHz
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	655 MHz
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	19 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Sockets supported		FP2
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
Adaptive Voltage and Frequency Scaling (AVFS)
AMD Secure technology
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)