Athlon X2 4050e vs Pentium 4-M 548

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4-M 548 and Athlon X2 4050e processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesPentium 4-Mno data
Architecture codenamePrescott (2001−2005)Brisbane (2007−2008)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)April 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4-M 548 and Athlon X2 4050e 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 speed3.33 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus rate533 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cacheno data512 KB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data126 mm2
Number of transistorsno data154 million
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4-M 548 and Athlon X2 4050e 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
Socketno dataAM2
Power consumption (TDP)88 Watt45 Watt

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 90 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 88 Watt 45 Watt

Athlon X2 4050e has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 38.5% more advanced lithography process, and 95.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium 4-M 548 and Athlon X2 4050e. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Pentium 4-M 548 is a notebook processor while Athlon X2 4050e is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium 4-M 548 and Athlon X2 4050e, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite CPU.


Intel Pentium 4-M 548
Pentium 4-M 548
AMD Athlon X2 4050e
Athlon X2 4050e

Similar processor comparisons

We picked several similar comparisons of processors in the same market segment and performance relatively close to those reviewed on this page.

Community ratings

Here you can see how users rate the processors, as well as rate them yourself.


4 2 votes

Rate Pentium 4-M 548 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.7 23 votes

Rate Athlon X2 4050e on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about Pentium 4-M 548 or Athlon X2 4050e, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.