Pentium 4 1.80 vs A4-5050
Aggregate performance score
A4-5050 outperforms Pentium 4 1.80 by a whopping 1086% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2725 | 3538 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD A-Series | no data |
| Power efficiency | 5.31 | 0.10 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Kabini (2013−2014) | Willamette (2000−2001) |
| Release date | 1 February 2014 (11 years ago) | August 2001 (23 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A4-5050 and Pentium 4 1.80 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 8 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 256 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 217 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 90 °C | 78 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 42 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A4-5050 and Pentium 4 1.80 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 | 478 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 67 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5050 and Pentium 4 1.80. 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 Pentium 4 1.80 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5050 and Pentium 4 1.80. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR1, DDR2 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8330 (? - 500 MHz) | no data |
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.
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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.83 | 0.07 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 67 Watt |
A4-5050 has a 1085.7% higher aggregate performance score, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 462.5% more advanced lithography process, and 346.7% lower power consumption.
The AMD A4-5050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Pentium 4 1.80 in performance tests.
Be aware that A4-5050 is a notebook processor while Pentium 4 1.80 is a desktop one.
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