Atom D2550 vs Athlon 5150

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon 5150
2014
4 cores / 4 threads, 25 Watt
0.87
+235%
Atom D2550
2011
2 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
0.26

Athlon 5150 outperforms Atom D2550 by a whopping 235% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 5150 and Atom D2550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking25643154
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataIntel Atom
Power efficiency3.292.46
Architecture codenameKabini (2013−2014)Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date9 April 2014 (10 years ago)1 November 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 5150 and Atom D2550 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads44
Base clock speedno data1.86 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz1.87 GHz
L1 cache256 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2048 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography28 nm32 nm
Die size107 mm266 mm2
Maximum core temperature76 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)90 °Cno data
Number of transistorsno data176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibilityno data-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 5150 and Atom D2550 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 configuration11
SocketAM1FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 5150 and Atom D2550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
AES-NI+-
FMAFMA4-
AVX+-
PowerNow+-
PowerGating+-
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
PAEno data36 Bit

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 5150 and Atom D2550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-
VT-ino data-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 5150 and Atom D2550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1600DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data4 GB
Max memory channels11
Maximum memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
AMD Radeon R3 GraphicsIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 (640 MHz)
จำนวนพาธไลน์128no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 5150 and Atom D2550 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 5150 and Atom D2550 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 5150 and Atom D2550.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes44

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.

Athlon 5150 0.87
+235%
Atom D2550 0.26

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.

Athlon 5150 1388
+239%
Atom D2550 409

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Athlon 5150 173
+73%
Atom D2550 100

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Athlon 5150 476
+65.9%
Atom D2550 287

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.87 0.26
Recency 9 April 2014 1 November 2011
Physical cores 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 10 Watt

Athlon 5150 has a 234.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

Atom D2550, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Athlon 5150 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom D2550 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon 5150 is a desktop processor while Atom D2550 is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 5150 and Atom D2550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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