AMD A4-5050 vs AMD Phenom II X4 N930

Comparative analysis of AMD A4-5050 and AMD Phenom II X4 N930 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.

AMD A4-5050

AMD Phenom II X4 N930

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A4-5050

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 45 nm
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 13.5 Watt vs 35 Watt

Launch date	1 February 2014 vs 12 May 2010
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13.5 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 N930

Around 29% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.55 GHz
2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 817 vs 538
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1584 vs 1328

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2 GHz vs 1.55 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB vs 256 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	817 vs 538
PassMark - CPU mark	1584 vs 1328

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A4-5050
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X4 N930

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

538

817

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1328

1584

Name	AMD A4-5050	AMD Phenom II X4 N930
PassMark - Single thread mark	538	817
PassMark - CPU mark	1328	1584
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		229
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		890

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A4-5050	AMD Phenom II X4 N930
Essentials
Architecture codename	Kabini	Champlain
Launch date	1 February 2014	12 May 2010
Place in performance rating	2873	2865
Series	AMD A-Series	4x AMD Phenom II
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	246 mm
L1 cache	256 KB	512 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	45 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	90 °C
Maximum frequency	1.55 GHz	2 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	4
Transistor count	1178 million
Front-side bus (FSB)		3600 MHz
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1
Sockets supported	FT3	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13.5 Watt	35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)