A4-7210 vs A8-4500M

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Aggregated performance score

A8-4500M
2012
4 cores / 4 threads
1.08

General info

Comparing A8-4500M and A4-7210 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking22822285
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD A-Series
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Carrizo-L (2015)
Release date15 May 2012 (11 years ago)7 May 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price$179 $177

Technical specs

A8-4500M and A4-7210 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads44
Base clock speed1.9 GHz1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz2.2 GHz
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache4 MB (shared)2048 KB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm28 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistors1,178 million930 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on A8-4500M and A4-7210 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1no data
SocketFS1r2FT3b
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt12-25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4500M and A4-7210. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAMMX, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, BMI1, F16C, AMD64, VT
AES-NI++
FMA+FMA4
AVX++
PowerTuneno data-
TrueAudiono data-
PowerNowno data+
PowerGatingno data+
Out-of-band client managementno data-
VirusProtectno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-4500M and A4-7210 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+1
IOMMU 2.0no data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4500M and A4-7210. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknownDDR3L-1600
Max memory channelsno data1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7640GAMD Radeon R3 Graphics
Endurono data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
UVDno data+
VCEno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-4500M and A4-7210 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-4500M and A4-7210 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkanno data1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-4500M and A4-7210.

PCIe versionno data2.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A8-4500M 1.08
A4-7210 1.08

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

A8-4500M 1676
+0.5%
A4-7210 1668

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A8-4500M 289
+35%
A4-7210 214

A8-4500M outperforms A4-7210 by 35% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

A8-4500M 634
+7.8%
A4-7210 588

A8-4500M outperforms A4-7210 by 8% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

A8-4500M 1821
+5.1%
A4-7210 1732

A8-4500M outperforms A4-7210 by 5% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A8-4500M 4872
A4-7210 5593
+14.8%

A4-7210 outperforms A8-4500M by 15% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

A8-4500M 2438
A4-7210 2681
+10%

A4-7210 outperforms A8-4500M by 10% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

A8-4500M 31.45
A4-7210 26.94
+16.7%

A8-4500M outperforms A4-7210 by 17% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

A8-4500M 2
A4-7210 2
+14%

A4-7210 outperforms A8-4500M by 14% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

A8-4500M 0.71
+26.8%
A4-7210 0.56

A8-4500M outperforms A4-7210 by 27% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A8-4500M 1.1
A4-7210 1.2
+9.1%

A4-7210 outperforms A8-4500M by 9% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A8-4500M 1777
+43.8%
A4-7210 1236

A8-4500M outperforms A4-7210 by 44% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A8-4500M 58
+13.8%
A4-7210 51

A8-4500M outperforms A4-7210 by 14% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

A8-4500M 11
A4-7210 11
+0.6%

A4-7210 outperforms A8-4500M by 1% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Integrated graphics card 1.19
Recency 15 May 2012 7 May 2015
Chip lithography 32 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 12 Watt

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