C-50 vs Athlon II Neo K125

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Aggregate performance score

Athlon II Neo K125
2010
1 core / 1 thread, 12 Watt
0.20
+25%

Athlon II Neo K125 outperforms C-50 by a significant 25% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II Neo K125 and C-50 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking32353287
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon II NeoAMD C-Series
Power efficiency1.581.68
Architecture codenameGeneva (2010)Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)4 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II Neo K125 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Boost clock speed1.7 GHz1 GHz
Bus rate2000 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm40 nm
Die sizeno data75 mm2
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II Neo K125 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II Neo K125 and C-50. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3dDNow!, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, VirtualizationMMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II Neo K125 and C-50 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II Neo K125 and C-50. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon HD 6250

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 II Neo K125 0.20
+25%
C-50 0.16

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 II Neo K125 315
+20.7%
C-50 261

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 II Neo K125 184
+159%
C-50 71

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 II Neo K125 184
+48.4%
C-50 124

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Athlon II Neo K125 1491
+126%
C-50 661

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Athlon II Neo K125 735
+15.7%
C-50 636

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Athlon II Neo K125 90.7
+22.6%
C-50 111.2

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Athlon II Neo K125 0
+18.4%
C-50 0

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.20 0.16
Recency 12 May 2010 4 January 2011
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 45 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 9 Watt

Athlon II Neo K125 has a 25% higher aggregate performance score.

C-50, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

The Athlon II Neo K125 is our recommended choice as it beats the C-50 in performance tests.


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