C-50 vs Turion 64 X2 TL-50

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Primary details

Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and C-50 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 segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Turion 64AMD C-Series
Architecture codenameTaylor (2006)Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date17 May 2006 (18 years ago)4 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$154no data

Detailed specifications

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz1 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography90 nm40 nm
Die size147 mm275 mm2
Number of transistors154 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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)31 Watt9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and C-50. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE(1,2,3), AMD64MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and C-50 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and C-50. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3 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.



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.

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 96
+35.2%
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.

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 153
+23.4%
C-50 124

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.

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 1184
+86.3%
C-50 636

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 May 2006 4 January 2011
Chip lithography 90 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 9 Watt

C-50 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 244.4% lower power consumption.

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