AMD A8-5557M vs AMD Phenom X4 9600B

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Physical Specifications

Socket AMD Socket FP2 AMD Socket AM2+
Process size 32 nm 65 nm
Transistors 1,178 million 450 million
Die size 246 mm² 285 mm²
Package BGA2 µPGA
tCaseMax 71°C

Performance

Frequency 2.1 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo clock up to 3.1 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 200 MHz
Multiplier 21.0x 11.5x
Multiplier unlocked No No
Voltage 1.475 V 1.25 V
TDP 35 W 95 W

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Mobile Desktop
Production status unknown End-of-life
Release date Jun 1st, 2013 Apr 28th, 2008
Codename Richland Agena
Generation A8 Phenom X4
Part AM5557DFE44HL HD960BWCJ4BGDHD960BWCJ4BGH
Memory support DDR3 Dual-channel unknown 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 8550G

Cache

Cache L1 128K (per core) 128K (per core)
Cache L2 1MB (per core) 512K (per core)
Cache L3 2MB (shared)

Features & Technologies

3DNow! Yes Yes
AMD-V Yes Yes
AMD64 Yes Yes
CnQ Yes Yes
HT3.0 Yes
MMX Yes Yes
NX bit Yes Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4A Yes Yes

Notes

Notes HD960BWCJ4BGD is the older B2 revision with TLB Bug. AMD Business Class processor, availability guaranteed for 24 months after release.

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