Apple M2 Pro vs A8-4557M

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Primary details

Comparing A8-4557M and M2 Pro processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated544
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesApple Apple M-Series
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)no data
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)17 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-4557M and M2 Pro 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed1.9 GHz2.424 GHz
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz3.5 GHz
L1 cacheno data3.3 MB
L2 cache4 MB36 MB
L3 cacheno data24 MB
Chip lithography32 nm5 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Number of transistors1303 Million40000 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on A8-4557M and M2 Pro 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.

SocketBGAno data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4557M and M2 Pro. 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+-
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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

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AMD Radeon HD 7640G (497 - 655 MHz)Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2012 17 January 2023
Physical cores 4 12
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 32 nm 5 nm

Apple M2 Pro has an age advantage of 10 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 540% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between A8-4557M and M2 Pro. We've got no test results to judge.


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