i7-2740QM vs A8-4555M

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Primary details

Comparing A8-4555M and Core i7-2740QM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2571not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesIntel Core i7
Power efficiency4.18no data
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date27 September 2012 (12 years ago)4 September 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-4555M and Core i7-2740QM 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)
Threads48
Base clock speed1.6 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rateno data4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache192 KB256 KB
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1 MB
L3 cache0 KB6 MB
Chip lithography32 nm32 nm
Die size246 mm2216 mm2
Maximum case temperature (TCase)100 °Cno data
Number of transistors1,178 million1160 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-4555M and Core i7-2740QM 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketFP2Socket G2
Power consumption (TDP)19 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4555M and Core i7-2740QM. 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, FMAno data
AES-NI++
FMA++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

A8-4555M and Core i7-2740QM technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-4555M and Core i7-2740QM are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4555M and Core i7-2740QM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesunknown Dual-channelDDR3-1600
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.598 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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AMD Radeon HD 7600GIntel HD Graphics 3000

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 0.85 0.66
Recency 27 September 2012 4 September 2011
Threads 4 8
Power consumption (TDP) 19 Watt 45 Watt

A8-4555M has 28.8% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 1 year, and 136.8% lower power consumption.

i7-2740QM, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between A8-4555M and Core i7-2740QM. We've got no test results to judge.


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