C-50 vs Phenom II X2 N640
Primary details
Comparing Phenom II X2 N640 and C-50 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2526 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 2x AMD Phenom II | AMD C-Series |
| Power efficiency | 2.45 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Ontario (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 1 October 2010 (14 years ago) | 4 January 2011 (13 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Phenom II X2 N640 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.9 GHz | 1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | no data | 75 mm2 |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Phenom II X2 N640 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 | S1 | FT1 BGA 413-Ball |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 9 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X2 N640 and C-50. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | HyperTransport 3.0, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Vurtualization | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X2 N640 and C-50 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X2 N640 and C-50. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | 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.
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.
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.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2010 | 4 January 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 9 Watt |
C-50 has an age advantage of 3 months, a 12.5% more advanced lithography process, and 288.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Phenom II X2 N640 and C-50. We've got no test results to judge.
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