C-50 vs Pentium 4 560
Aggregate performance score
Pentium 4 560 outperforms C-50 by a significant 27% 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 | 3507 | 3574 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Desktop processor | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium 4 | AMD C-Series |
| Power efficiency | no data | 1.79 |
| Designer | Intel | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Prescott (2001−2005) | Ontario (2011−2012) |
| Release date | no data | 4 January 2011 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium 4 560 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 16 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | 109 mm2 | 75 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 125 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium 4 560 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 | 775 | FT1 BGA 413-Ball |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 MB | 9 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 560 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 |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 560 and C-50 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 560 and C-50. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 | DDR3 Single-channel |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon HD 6250 |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.19 | 0.15 |
| Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
| Threads | 1 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 1 Watt | 9 Watt |
Pentium 4 560 has a 26.7% higher aggregate performance score, and 800% lower power consumption.
C-50, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.
The Intel Pentium 4 560 is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD C-50 in performance tests.
Note that Pentium 4 560 is a desktop processor while C-50 is a notebook one.
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