Turion II M500 vs A10-4600M

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Aggregate performance score

A10-4600M
2012
4 cores / 4 threads, 35 Watt
1.22
+130%
Turion II M500
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.53

A10-4600M outperforms Turion II M500 by a whopping 130% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing A10-4600M and Turion II M500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking23372861
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD A-SeriesAMD Turion II
Power efficiency3.301.43
Architecture codenameTrinity (2012−2013)Caspian (2009)
Release date15 May 2012 (12 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-4600M and Turion II M500 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.3 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L1 cache192 KBno data
L2 cache4 MB (shared)1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size246 mm2no data
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A10-4600M and Turion II M500 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 configuration1no data
SocketFS1r2Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-4600M and Turion II M500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMAMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
PowerNow-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-4600M and Turion II M500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-4600M and Turion II M500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon HD 7660G (497 - 686 MHz)no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

A10-4600M 1.22
+130%
Turion II M500 0.53

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A10-4600M 2078
+11.5%
Turion II M500 1865

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A10-4600M 5696
+58.6%
Turion II M500 3591

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.

A10-4600M 2866
+63.2%
Turion II M500 1756

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

A10-4600M 26.49
+31.2%
Turion II M500 34.76

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

A10-4600M 2
+66.1%
Turion II M500 1

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.22 0.53
Recency 15 May 2012 10 September 2009
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm

A10-4600M has a 130.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

The A10-4600M is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II M500 in performance tests.


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