Athlon MP 1200 vs A8-4557M

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Primary details

Comparing A8-4557M and Athlon MP 1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopServer
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD Athlon MP
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)K7 (2000−2004)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)5 June 2001 (23 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$265

Detailed specifications

A8-4557M and Athlon MP 1200 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)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed1.9 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHz1.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataFSB
Bus rateno data266 MT/s
Multiplierno data9
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache4 MB256 KB
Chip lithography32 nm180 nm
Die size246 mm2128 mm2
Number of transistors1303 Million38 Million
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-4557M and Athlon MP 1200 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 configurationno data2 (Multiprocessor)
SocketBGAno data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt54.7 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-4557M and Athlon MP 1200. 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+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-4557M and Athlon MP 1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory sizeno data4 GB

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7640Gno data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2012 5 June 2001
Physical cores 4 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 32 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 54 Watt

A8-4557M has an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 462.5% more advanced lithography process, and 54.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A8-4557M and Athlon MP 1200. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A8-4557M is a notebook processor while Athlon MP 1200 is a server/workstation one.


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