The AMD A8-4500M was a mobile processor with 4 cores, launched in May 2012. It is part of the A8 lineup, using the Trinity architecture with Socket FS1r2. A8-4500M has 4MB of L2 cache and operates at 1900 MHz by default, but can boost up to 2.8 GHz, depending on the workload. AMD is making the A8-4500M on a 32 nm production node using 1,303 million transistors. The silicon die of the chip is not fabricated at AMD, but at the foundry of GlobalFoundries. The multiplier is locked on A8-4500M, which limits its overclocking potential.
With a TDP of 35 W, the A8-4500M consumes only little energy. AMD's processor supports DDR3 memory with a dual-channel interface. The highest officially supported memory speed is 1600 MHz, but with overclocking (and the right memory modules) you can go even higher. For communication with other components in the system, A8-4500M uses a PCI-Express Gen 2 connection. This processor features the Radeon HD 7640G integrated graphics solution.
Hardware virtualization is available on the A8-4500M, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) can run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications.