C-50 vs Turion 64 X2 TL-50
Primary details
Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and C-50 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | 2x AMD Turion 64 | AMD C-Series |
| Architecture codename | Taylor (2006) | Ontario (2011−2012) |
| Release date | 17 May 2006 (18 years ago) | 4 January 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $154 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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 | 1.6 GHz | 1 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Die size | 147 mm2 | 75 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 154 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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) | 31 Watt | 9 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and C-50. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | SSE(1,2,3), AMD64 | MMX(+), SSE(1,2,3,3S,4A), AMD-V |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and C-50 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 May 2006 | 4 January 2011 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 9 Watt |
C-50 has an age advantage of 4 years, a 125% more advanced lithography process, and 244.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and C-50. We've got no test results to judge.
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