Athlon 1300 vs A4-5050
Primary details
Comparing A4-5050 and Athlon 1300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2574 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD A-Series | no data |
| Power efficiency | 5.26 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Kabini (2013−2014) | Thunderbird B (2000−2001) |
| Release date | 1 February 2014 (10 years ago) | 21 March 2001 (23 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $318 |
Detailed specifications
A4-5050 and Athlon 1300 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 1.3 GHz |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 256 KB |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | 120 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 90 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 37 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A4-5050 and Athlon 1300 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 | FT3 | A |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 68 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A4-5050 and Athlon 1300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A4-5050 and Athlon 1300 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A4-5050 and Athlon 1300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 8330 | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2014 | 21 March 2001 |
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 68 Watt |
A4-5050 has an age advantage of 12 years, 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 462.5% more advanced lithography process, and 353.3% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A4-5050 and Athlon 1300. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that A4-5050 is a notebook processor while Athlon 1300 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between A4-5050 and Athlon 1300, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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