What is the difference between JFC Swing and AWT?

AWT has following characteristics:

-It has native C specific code 

-Rendering of AWT controls is dependent upon underlying OS.

 

While JFC Swing is :

-Pure Java based

-Lightweight components

-Pluggable look and feel features

-Appearance of GUI developed using JFC Swing will be consistent across various OS.

-Swing uses a more efficient event model than AWT; therefore, Swing components can run more quickly than their AWT counterparts