Pentium Silver vs A8-4557M

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Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-Seriesno data
DesignerAMDIntel
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)no data
Release date15 May 2012 (13 years ago)1 July 2020 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-4557M and Pentium Silver 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)no data
Threads4no data
Base clock speed1.9 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.8 GHzno data
L2 cache4 MBno data
Chip lithography32 nmno data
Die size246 mm2no data
Number of transistors1303 Millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A8-4557M and Pentium Silver 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 Pentium Silver. 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+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7640G (497 - 655 MHz)no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 May 2012 1 July 2020

Pentium Silver has an age advantage of 8 years.

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