C-50 vs Athlon 64 3200+

Place in the ranking	3231	3269
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Desktop processor	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD C-Series
Power efficiency	0.20	1.79
Architecture codename	Clawhammer (2001−2005)	Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date	January 2001 (23 years ago)	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$150	no data

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 3200+ 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	2 GHz	1 GHz
L1 cache	128 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512K	512K (per core)
L3 cache	0 KB	0 KB
Chip lithography	130 nm	40 nm
Die size	193 mm²	75 mm²
Number of transistors	154 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 3200+ 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	754	FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 3200+ 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 Athlon 64 3200+ and C-50 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 3200+ and C-50. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3 Single-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD 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 64 3200+ 0.19
+11.8%

C-50 0.17

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 64 3200+ 305
+15.1%

C-50 265

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.19	0.17
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	130 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	89 Watt	9 Watt

Athlon 64 3200+ has a 11.8% higher aggregate performance score.

C-50, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 225% more advanced lithography process, and 888.9% lower power consumption.

The Athlon 64 3200+ is our recommended choice as it beats the C-50 in performance tests.

Note that Athlon 64 3200+ is a desktop processor while C-50 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 64 3200+ and C-50, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.