AMD A8-5500B vs AMD FX-4100

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FM2 AMD Socket AM3+
Process size 32 nm 32 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 1,200 million
Die size 246 mm² 315 mm²
Package µPGA µPGA
tCaseMax 71°C

Performance

Frequency 3.2 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.7 GHz up to 3.9 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 32.0x 18.0x
Multiplier unlocked No Yes
Voltage 1.475 V 1.425 V
TDP 65 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Oct 2nd, 2012 Oct 12th, 2011
Codename Trinity Zambezi
Generation A8 FX
Part AD550BOKA44HJ FD4100WMW4KGU
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel DDR3 Dual-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 2

Cores

Total Cores 4 4
Total Threads 4 4
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics Radeon HD 7560D

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 192K
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 4MB
Cache L3 8MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes
AES Yes
AMD-V Yes Yes
AMD64 Yes Yes
AVX Yes
CLMUL Yes
CVT16 Yes
CnQ Yes
EVP Yes
FMA4 Yes
HT3.1 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.1 Yes
SSE4.2 Yes
SSE4A Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes
Turbo Core Yes
XOP Yes

Notes

Notes 16KB L1 data cache per core. 64KB L1 instruction cache shared per two cores (per module). 2MB L2 cache shared per two cores (per module). This processor comes with an unlocked multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than the shipped

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