A8-4555M vs Pentium Dual Core T4400
Aggregated performance score
A8-4555M outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4400 by 5% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
Comparing Pentium Dual Core T4400 and A8-4555M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2450 | 2424 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium Dual Core | AMD A-Series |
| Architecture codename | Penryn (2008−2011) | Trinity (2012−2013) |
| Release date | 1 December 2009 (14 years ago) | 27 September 2012 (11 years ago) |
| Current price | $307 | $9.49 |
Technical specs
Pentium Dual Core T4400 and A8-4555M 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.6 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Bus support | 800 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 4 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | 107 mm2 | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 100 °C |
| Number of transistors | 410 Million | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T4400 and A8-4555M 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | PGA478 | FP2 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 19 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and A8-4555M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA |
| AES-NI | no data | + |
| FMA | no data | + |
| AVX | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and A8-4555M are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T4400 and A8-4555M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | unknown Dual-channel |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon HD 7600G |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
A8-4555M outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4400 by 5% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
A8-4555M outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4400 by 4% in Passmark.
Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core
Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.
Benchmark coverage: 20%
Pentium Dual Core T4400 outperforms A8-4555M by 43% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.
Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Pentium Dual Core T4400 outperforms A8-4555M by 12% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.
3DMark06 CPU
3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.
Benchmark coverage: 19%
Pentium Dual Core T4400 outperforms A8-4555M by 1% in 3DMark06 CPU.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
A8-4555M outperforms Pentium Dual Core T4400 by 5% in wPrime 32.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 0.83 | 0.87 |
| Recency | 1 December 2009 | 27 September 2012 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 4 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 19 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T4400 and A8-4555M. The differences in performance seem too small.
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