C-50 vs Athlon 64 TF-20

Place in the ranking	3297	3284
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Athlon 64	AMD C-Series
Power efficiency	0.60	1.67
Architecture codename	Sherman (2009)	Ontario (2011−2012)
Release date	1 May 2009 (15 years ago)	4 January 2011 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon 64 TF-20 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	1.6 GHz	1 GHz
Bus rate	667 MHz	no data
L1 cache	0.1 MB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	512 KB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Die size	no data	75 mm²
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Athlon 64 TF-20 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	no data	1
Socket	S1g1	FT1 BGA 413-Ball
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	9 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and C-50. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection	MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V
VirusProtect	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 and C-50 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon 64 TF-20 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 TF-20 0.16

C-50 0.16

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Athlon 64 TF-20 1245
+88.4%

C-50 661

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.

Athlon 64 TF-20 612

C-50 636
+3.8%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Recency	1 May 2009	4 January 2011
Physical cores	1	2
Threads	1	2
Chip lithography	65 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	9 Watt

C-50 has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 62.5% more advanced lithography process, and 177.8% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Athlon 64 TF-20 and C-50.

Should you still have questions on choice between Athlon 64 TF-20 and C-50, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.