C-50 vs Athlon 5150

Primary details

Comparing Athlon 5150 and C-50 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2543	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD C-Series
Power efficiency	3.32	no data
Architecture codename	Kabini (2013−2014)	Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date	9 April 2014 (10 years ago)	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 5150 and C-50 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	1.6 GHz	1 GHz
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	2048 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Die size	107 mm2	75 mm2
Maximum core temperature	76 °C	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 5150 and C-50 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	AM1	FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 5150 and C-50. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 5150 and C-50 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 5150 and C-50. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1600	DDR3 Single-channel
Max memory channels	1	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon R3 Graphics	AMD Radeon HD 6250
Number of pipelines	128	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Athlon 5150 and C-50 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Athlon 5150 and C-50 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon 5150 and C-50.

PCIe version	2.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	4	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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 April 2014	4 January 2011
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	9 Watt

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