Turion II N570 vs Athlon II M320

Primary details

Comparing Athlon II M320 and Turion II N570 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Athlon IIAMD Turion II
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)16 December 2010 (13 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Athlon II M320 and Turion II N570 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus rate3200 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB265 KB
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Athlon II M320 and Turion II N570 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.

SocketSocket S1 (S1g3)S1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon II M320 and Turion II N570. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD VirtualizationMMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
PowerNow+-
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon II M320 and Turion II N570 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon II M320 and Turion II N570. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 16 December 2010

Turion II N570 has an age advantage of 1 year.

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