AMD C-50 gets benchmarked on Toshiba NB550D

Sure, everybody got excited about the Fusion platform, with its shinny integrated HD, DirectX 11 supported graphics, but will it blend? Netbooknews.com came up with a comprehensive benchmark for the C-50 dual core processor found on the Toshiba NB550D. In order to have a perspective on things, you should know that the Atom N550 was the standard for dual core processors aimed at netbooks, running at 1.5 GHZ in comparison with the 1 GHZ of the C-50 Ontario.

Atom’s working with integrated Intel GMA 31050 graphics at 200 Mhz, while Ontario fights back with the Radeon HD  6250M at 280 Mhz. Another strong point of Ontario is that it can cope with a maximum of 4 GB of DDR3 RAM, while the N550 botches up at 2 GB, but if you want 4 GB, you have to upgrade to a 64 bit OS.

Finally, if you go for Intel’s Atom, you’ll consume more power, as the TDP for the N550 is 8.5 W, while Ontario’s one is a little smaller, ticking in at 8W TDP. On with the numbers.

On 3DMark06, Ontario C-50 produced an impressive 1886, which is 120 points higher than the preproduction numbers. The figures remained the same when the maximum of RAM was reached and the results place the Toshiba NB550D just after Acer Aspire Revo 3700 and Asus Eee PC 1215N.

The next test was made with 3DMark03 and the device scored an impressive 4854, seriously outmatching the Acer Aspire One 532G, which comes with Nvidia Ion Graphics ( 3049).

AMD Fusion Ontario C-50 benchmarks

Moving on, we have the video and game play testing. A 720p .mov file played from the HDD was delivered without many problems, excepting some frame drops during a dynamic sequence. Not the same happened with an .mkv file, which lagged horribly and was practically unwatchable. The 1080p video in .mov format played a little better than the mkv file, but was still virtually horrible to bare.

On a brighter note, 1080p from Youtube played flawlessly, and the same can be said about some games like Live for Speed, Crysis and GTO. Below there’s a video with all the trials the Toshiba NB550D was put through and there are glimpses of playback and gaming. Enjoy.

Tags: 1080p movies, AMD Ontario

Last updated: February 3, 2011 | Published: February 2nd, 2011 | Add the first comment!