AMD A8-4557M: specs and benchmarks
Summary
AMD started A8-4557M sales 15 May 2012. This is a Trinity architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at home systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 32 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 2800 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is BGA processor with a TDP of 35 Watt.
Primary details
A8-4557M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Market segment | Laptop | |
| Series | AMD A-Series | |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | |
| Release date | 15 May 2012 (12 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | |
| Threads | 4 | |
| Base clock speed | 1.9 GHz | of 4.7 GHz (FX-9590) |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | of 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P) |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | of 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core) |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | |
| Number of transistors | 1303 Million | of 135,240 million (EPYC 9684X) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - |
Compatibility
Information on A8-4557M compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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.
| Socket | BGA | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by A8-4557M. 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 | |
| AES-NI | + | |
| FMA | + | |
| AVX | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into A8-4557M.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 7640G (497 - 655 MHz) |
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