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15-May-2012

APU A8-4500M Quad Core Review

Fusion A8-4500M Quad Core is a 4 core fast middle-class mobile CPU based on the Trinity architecture and that features a Radeon HD 7640G GPU clocked at 497 MHz (655 MHz in Turbo mode) with 256 Pipelines.
Unfortunately, benchmarks indicate the performance falls behind all Intel i5, i7 and most i3 CPUs. Still, it should be enough to run the most demanding games at decent settings, paired with the appropriate GPU.
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APU A8-4500M Quad Core Performance Specification

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1.9 GHz

4 cores

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32nm

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Yes the APU A8-4500M Quad Core processor is a laptop and notebook CPU

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twitch84

03:16 May-10-2013

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APU A8-4500M Quad Core

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Radeon HD 7730M

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Hey guys, i'm new around here. I'm just wondering if the game debate score for this CPU is based on the standard 1.9Ghz or whether it takes the automatic overclocking into account? My CPU usage usually sits around 2.3Ghz on all four cores whilst gaming and converting video in handbrake.
Sometimes hits 2.8Ghz when not all cores are being used.
So should i make these adjustments in my head when reading game requirements on this site?<br /

sneakpeek

03:02 May-11-2013

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APU A8-4500M Quad Core

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Im pretty sure it's for the turbo mode 1.9+ Ghz

Dustin26

03:23 Apr-22-2013

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APU A8-4500M Quad Core

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Radeon HD 7640G oc: 10%

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am i able to overclock this using am overdrive? :)

twitch84

03:19 May-10-2013

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yes you are able to, i have amd overdrive installed and the options are all available.
I'm not brave enough to overclock my laptop but i know its definately possible.

sapsm9

04:50 Dec-21-2012

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Core i5-3210M 2.5GHz

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how many using HP G6-2005AX ???? and playing what games at what settings , what fps and what resolution.

LukeKing

15:30 Jan-08-2013

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I play with a G7-2243 US DiRT Showdown at my current res. with med-ultra!

maza90210

16:04 Apr-05-2013

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isn't dirt optimized for AMD gpu's anyway, I will probably get worst performance

grutty25

14:27 Nov-28-2012

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APU A8-4500M Quad Core

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Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7470M Dual

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Anyone having experience with this CPU combined with an AMD RADEON HD 7640G? Is that combination better than an Intel B950 Pentium Dual Core 2,1 GHz with and AMD RADEON HD 7670M? Please Help!

Chyper

06:04 Nov-29-2012

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APU A6-4400M Dual Core

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Radeon HD 7610M

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1.5GB DDR3 1333MHz

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Sony Ericsson Xperia X8

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7670M is better :)

grutty25

07:33 Nov-29-2012

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Okay. And how will gaming performance compare? Is the 7640G able to produce some acceptable graphics?

Chyper

08:43 Nov-29-2012

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medium in your resolution, most game that are optimized in 2012 :)

Mazasrb

20:45 Dec-03-2012

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Intel Pentium B950 and 7670M cannot be combined as far as I know. ;)

Tero

11:12 Jan-09-2013

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Yeah that's a weird pair :D

NSDCars5

10:15 Nov-24-2012

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Best chip ever. Paired with the 7670M, this creates enough power to max out any game at 1366x768 and still get 30 fps average.

Chyper

10:57 Nov-24-2012

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I agree with you buddy, AMD's APU are great, im using this Llano APA and i can still run most game in low-med with lowered resolution :)

Oenth21

10:44 Nov-25-2012

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Core i5-430M 2.26GHz

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yea, found this beauty ,(look in the settings ) for just 550 euros or idk how much dollars

Oenth21

10:50 Nov-25-2012

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Acer Aspire V3-551G-A8458G75Mn for those interested , it's a pretty awesome price/perfomance balance i'd say

NSDCars5

11:02 Dec-04-2012

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APU A8-4500M Quad Core

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Hey, that's mine! :P

Mazasrb

12:40 Dec-04-2012

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LukeKing

15:28 Jan-08-2013

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G7-2243 US ! It rocks

perswel

06:13 Nov-10-2012

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Radeon HD 7670M 2GB DDR3

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"Unfortunately, benchmarks indicate the performance falls behind all Intel i5, i7 and most i3 CPUs"
but it shows 29% better than my cpu ..how is this possible o.O ?

Maskills24

00:05 Nov-18-2012

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APU A8-5600K

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Because of the awesome driver support from amd. I bet whatever laptop this apu is in is 200$ cheaper than your laptop as well. Amd made a smart move with these apus, they just might steal the laptop market from intel by offering great integrated graphics and decent cpu performance :D

Raahil123

08:57 Jun-23-2012

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Nokia 500

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Thank u Pip :)

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