Athlon 64 X2 5200+ vs A4-5050

Place in the ranking	2592	2857
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD A-Series	no data
Power efficiency	5.30	0.57
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Windsor (2006−2007)
Release date	1 February 2014 (10 years ago)	September 2006 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A4-5050 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+ basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Boost clock speed	1.5 GHz	2.7 GHz
L1 cache	128K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	512K
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Die size	246 mm²	220 mm²
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	1,178 million	154 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A4-5050 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+ compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Socket	FT3	AM2
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	89 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5050 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX	no data
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5050 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+ are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5050 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon HD 8330 (? - 500 MHz)

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Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A4-5050 0.84
+55.6%

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 0.54

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

A4-5050 1328
+56.1%

Athlon 64 X2 5200+ 851

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.84	0.54
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	89 Watt

A4-5050 has a 55.6% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 493.3% lower power consumption.

The A4-5050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 X2 5200+ in performance tests.

Be aware that A4-5050 is a notebook processor while Athlon 64 X2 5200+ is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions on choice between A4-5050 and Athlon 64 X2 5200+, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.