AMD A4-5050 vs AMD Athlon 64 TF-20

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-5050 and AMD Athlon 64 TF-20 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-5050

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
  • 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4096x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 79% lower typical power consumption: 13.5 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 538 vs 454
  • 5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1328 vs 265
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 February 2014 vs 1 May 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 1
Number of threads 4 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 65 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64+64 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13.5 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 538 vs 454
PassMark - CPU mark 1328 vs 265

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 TF-20

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 1.6 GHz vs 1.55 GHz
Maximum frequency 1.6 GHz vs 1.55 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-5050
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 TF-20

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
538
454
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1328
265
Name AMD A4-5050 AMD Athlon 64 TF-20
PassMark - Single thread mark 538 454
PassMark - CPU mark 1328 265
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 687
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 660

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A4-5050 AMD Athlon 64 TF-20

Essentials

Architecture codename Kabini Sherman
Launch date 1 February 2014 1 May 2009
Place in performance rating 2873 2866
Series AMD A-Series AMD Athlon 64
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 246 mm
L1 cache 256 KB 64+64 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 65 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 90 °C
Maximum frequency 1.55 GHz 1.6 GHz
Number of cores 4 1
Number of threads 4 1
Transistor count 1178 million
Front-side bus (FSB) 667 MHz
Maximum core temperature 95 °C

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FT3 S1g1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13.5 Watt 25 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)