A8-4557M vs Pentium T2370
Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3342 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | no data | AMD A-Series |
| Power efficiency | 0.98 | no data |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | no data | Trinity (2012−2013) |
| Release date | 1 January 2008 (17 years ago) | 15 May 2012 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium T2370 and A8-4557M 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 | no data | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | no data | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 1.73 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2.8 GHz |
| L2 cache | no data | 4 MB |
| L3 cache | 1 MB L2 Cache | no data |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1303 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | 1.075V-1.175V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium T2370 and A8-4557M 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.
| Socket | PPGA478 | BGA |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 4 MB |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium T2370 and A8-4557M. 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 | - | + |
| FMA | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
| FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium T2370 and A8-4557M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | - | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium T2370 and A8-4557M are enumerated here.
| VT-x | - | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon HD 7640G (497 - 655 MHz) |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 January 2008 | 15 May 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 4 Watt |
A8-4557M has an age advantage of 4 years, a 103.1% more advanced lithography process, and 775% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Intel Pentium T2370 and AMD A8-4557M. We've got no test results to judge.
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