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Intel Core i3 3217U

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Benchmarks Real world tests of Core i3 3217U vs A8 4555M

CompuBench 1.5 (Bitcoin mining) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i3 3217U
10.79 mHash/s
A8 4555M
35.25 mHash/s

CompuBench 1.5 (T-Rex) Data courtesy CompuBench

Core i3 3217U
0.86 fps
A8 4555M
0.35 fps

PCMark 8 Home 3.0 Accelerated Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i3 3217U
1,810
A8 4555M
2,015

Sky Diver Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i3 3217U
1,540
A8 4555M
1,742

Cloud Gate Data courtesy FutureMark

Core i3 3217U
2,966
A8 4555M
2,512

GeekBench 3 (Multi-core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3217U
3,037
A8 4555M
2,536

GeekBench 3 (Single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3217U
1,441
A8 4555M
973

GeekBench 3 (AES single core) Data courtesy Primate Labs

Core i3 3217U
93,600 MB/s
A8 4555M
1,140,000 MB/s

Specifications Full list of technical specs

summary

 Core i3 3217U  vs
A8 4555M 
Clock speed 1.8 GHz 1.6 GHz
Cores Dual core Quad core
Is unlocked No No

features
Has a NX bit Yes Yes
Has virtualization support Yes Yes
Instruction set extensions
SSE4a
AVX 1.1
SSE2
F16C
MMX
XOP
AVX
SSE3
SSE
CLMUL
AMD64
SSE4.1
FMA4
FMA3
SSE4.2
CVT16
AMD-V
Supplemental SSE3
AES
Supports dynamic frequency scaling Yes Yes

power consumption
TDP 17W 19W
Annual home energy cost 4.1 $/year 4.58 $/year
Performance per watt 6.98 pt/W 14.16 pt/W
Typical power consumption 13.81W 15.44W

details

 Core i3 3217U  vs
A8 4555M 
Threads 4 4
L2 cache 0.5 MB 4 MB
L2 cache per core 0.25 MB/core 1 MB/core
L3 cache 3 MB 0 MB
L3 cache per core 1.5 MB/core 0 MB/core
Manufacture process 22 nm 32 nm
Max CPUs 1 1
Clock multiplier 18 16
Operating temperature Unknown - 105°C Unknown - 100°C

overclocking
Overclocked clock speed 1.8 GHz 2.4 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Water) 1.8 GHz 1.6 GHz
Overclocked clock speed (Air) 1.8 GHz 2.4 GHz

integrated graphics
GPU GPU GPU
Label Intel® HD Graphics 4000 Radeon™ HD 7600G
Latest DirectX 11.0 11.0
GPU clock speed 350 MHz 320 MHz
Turbo clock speed 1,050 MHz 424 MHz

memory controller
Memory controller Built-in Built-in
Memory type
DDR3-1600
DDR3L-1600
DDR3-1333
DDR3L-1333
DDR3RS-1600
DDR3RS-1333
Channels Dual Channel Dual Channel
Maximum bandwidth 25,600 MB/s 21,333.32 MB/s
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