Solo T1200 vs A8-4500M

Place in the ranking	2417	3287
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD A-Series	Core Solo
Power efficiency	2.87	0.56
Architecture codename	Trinity (2012−2013)	Yonah (2005−2006)
Release date	15 May 2012 (12 years ago)	January 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-4500M and Core Solo T1200 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	4	1
Base clock speed	1.9 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.8 GHz	1.5 GHz
Bus rate	no data	667 MHz
L1 cache	192 KB	64 KB
L2 cache	4 MB (shared)	2 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Die size	246 mm²	90 mm²
Number of transistors	1,178 million	151 million
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-4500M and Core Solo T1200 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	479
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	27 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4500M and Core Solo T1200. 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 Core Solo T1200 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4500M and Core Solo T1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

unknown

DDR1

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 7640G

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
+563%

Solo T1200 0.16

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.

A8-4500M 31.45
+269%

Solo T1200 116

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.06	0.16
Physical cores	4	1
Threads	4	1
Chip lithography	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	27 Watt

A8-4500M has a 562.5% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Solo T1200, on the other hand, has 29.6% lower power consumption.

The A8-4500M is our recommended choice as it beats the Core Solo T1200 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A8-4500M and Core Solo T1200, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.