Celeron M 743 vs A8-4555M
Primary details
Comparing A8-4555M and Celeron M 743 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2463 | not rated |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | AMD A-Series | Intel Celeron M |
Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | Penryn (2008−2011) |
Release date | 27 September 2012 (11 years ago) | 1 September 2009 (14 years ago) |
Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $107 |
Current price | $9.49 | no data |
Detailed specifications
A8-4555M and Celeron M 743 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 | 1.6 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
Bus support | no data | 800 MHz |
L1 cache | 192 KB | 64 KB |
L2 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 1 MB |
L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | 246 mm2 | 107 mm2 |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 100 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 410 Million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on A8-4555M and Celeron M 743 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 | no data |
Socket | FP2 | BGA965 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 10 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4555M and Celeron M 743. 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 | + | no data |
FMA | + | no data |
AVX | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-4555M and Celeron M 743 are enumerated here.
AMD-V | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4555M and Celeron M 743. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | unknown Dual-channel | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 7600G | 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.
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%
A8-4555M outperforms Celeron M 743 by 17% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-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%
A8-4555M outperforms Celeron M 743 by 223% 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%
Celeron M 743 outperforms A8-4555M by 203% in wPrime 32.
Pros & cons summary
Recency | 27 September 2012 | 1 September 2009 |
Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
Threads | 4 | 1 |
Chip lithography | 32 nm | 45 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 19 Watt | 10 Watt |
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