AMD A8-5557M vs Intel Core i7-4702HQ. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  AMD A8-5000M Intel Core i 4000M/4000H
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i7
• Generation
  3 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz 2.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.1 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.1 GHz 2.9 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  11 11.1
• Execution units
  4 20
• Generation
  5 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  520 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 8550G Intel HD Graphics 4600
• GPU Turbo
  720 MHz 1150 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2013
• Shader
  256 160
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-4702HQ and AMD A8-5557M. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR3-1600
• PCIe lanes
  - 16
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-5557M and Intel Core i7-4702HQ Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  35 W 37 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-5557M and Intel Core i7-4702HQ, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Richland (Piledriver) Haswell H
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 6 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q2/2013
• Socket
  FP2 BGA 1364
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d