A4-5050 vs Mobile Pentium 4 520
Primary details
Comparing Mobile Pentium 4 520 and A4-5050 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 2573 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Mobile Pentium 4 | AMD A-Series |
| Power efficiency | no data | 5.30 |
| Architecture codename | Northwood (2002−2004) | Kabini (2013−2014) |
| Release date | no data (2024 years ago) | 1 February 2014 (10 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Mobile Pentium 4 520 and A4-5050 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) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.8 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | no data | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 32 nm |
| Die size | no data | 246 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 1,178 million |
| 64 bit support | - | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Mobile Pentium 4 520 and A4-5050 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 | no data | FT3 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 91 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Mobile Pentium 4 520 and A4-5050. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Mobile Pentium 4 520 and A4-5050 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Mobile Pentium 4 520 and A4-5050. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon HD 8330 |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 1 | 4 |
| Threads | 1 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 32 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 91 Watt | 15 Watt |
A4-5050 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 181.3% more advanced lithography process, and 506.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Mobile Pentium 4 520 and A4-5050. We've got no test results to judge.
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