Athlon MP 1900+ vs A8-5500B
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2060 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Server |
| Series | no data | AMD Athlon MP |
| Power efficiency | 1.47 | no data |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | K7 (2000−2004) |
| Release date | 2 October 2012 (13 years ago) | 12 December 2001 (24 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $319 |
Detailed specifications
A8-5500B and Athlon MP 1900+ 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 3.2 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 1.6 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | no data | 266 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 12 |
| L1 cache | 128 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB (per core) | 256 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 128 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 71 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 38 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A8-5500B and Athlon MP 1900+ 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 configuration | 1 | 2 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | FM2 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 66 Watt |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-5500B and Athlon MP 1900+ are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-5500B and Athlon MP 1900+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 4 GB |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 7560D | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 October 2012 | 12 December 2001 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 65 Watt | 66 Watt |
A8-5500B has an age advantage of 10 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 463% more advanced lithography process, and 2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between AMD A8-5500B and AMD Athlon MP 1900+. We've got no test results to judge.
Note that A8-5500B is a desktop processor while Athlon MP 1900+ is a server/workstation one.
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