Turion II Ultra M620 vs Apple M3 Pro 11-Core

Place in the ranking	443	2879
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Apple M3	AMD Turion II Ultra
Power efficiency	54.68	1.38
Architecture codename	no data	Caspian (2009)
Release date	30 October 2023 (1 year ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

M3 Pro 11-Core and Turion II Ultra M620 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 cores	11 (Undeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	11	2
Base clock speed	2.748 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	4.06 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L2 cache	no data	2 MB
Chip lithography	3 nm	45 nm
Number of transistors	37000 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on M3 Pro 11-Core and Turion II Ultra M620 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.

Socket	no data	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by M3 Pro 11-Core and Turion II Ultra M620. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU

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.

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core 15.61
+2961%

Turion II Ultra M620 0.51

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core 24794
+2946%

Turion II Ultra M620 814

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	15.61	0.51
Recency	30 October 2023	10 September 2009
Physical cores	11	2
Threads	11	2
Chip lithography	3 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	27 Watt	35 Watt

Apple M3 Pro 11-Core has a 2960.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 14 years, 450% more physical cores and 450% more threads, a 1400% more advanced lithography process, and 29.6% lower power consumption.

The M3 Pro 11-Core is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II Ultra M620 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Apple M3 Pro 11-Core and Turion II Ultra M620, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.