Athlon X4 970 vs A8-4500M

Place in the ranking	2434	2077
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Power efficiency	2.87	2.42
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	27 July 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-4500M and Athlon X4 970 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4	4
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	3.8 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	4 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB	128 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	512 KB (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Die size	246 mm²	246 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	74 °C
Number of transistors	1,178 million	1,178 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	-	+

Compatibility

Information on A8-4500M and Athlon X4 970 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 configuration	1	1
Socket	FS1r2	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4500M and Athlon X4 970. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	no data
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	+
AVX	+	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-4500M and Athlon X4 970 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4500M and Athlon X4 970. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown

DDR4 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7640G (496 - 685 MHz)

no data

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 1.06

Athlon X4 970 1.66
+56.6%

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.

A8-4500M 1685

Athlon X4 970 2644
+56.9%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.06	1.66
Recency	15 May 2012	27 July 2017
Chip lithography	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

A8-4500M has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Athlon X4 970, on the other hand, has a 56.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Athlon X4 970 is our recommended choice as it beats the A8-4500M in performance tests.

Be aware that A8-4500M is a notebook processor while Athlon X4 970 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A8-4500M and Athlon X4 970, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.