Turion 64 X2 TL-68 vs Athlon X2 L310

Primary details

Comparing Athlon X2 L310 and Turion 64 X2 TL-68 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Athlon	2x AMD Turion 64
Architecture codename	Conesus (2009)	Tyler (2007−2009)
Release date	10 September 2009 (14 years ago)	1 January 2008 (16 years ago)
Current price	$9.79	$96

Detailed specifications

Athlon X2 L310 and Turion 64 X2 TL-68 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	1.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus support	800 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 nm
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Athlon X2 L310 and Turion 64 X2 TL-68 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	BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Turion 64 X2 TL-68. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Virtualization, Enhanced Virus Protection	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon X2 L310 and Turion 64 X2 TL-68 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 September 2009	1 January 2008
Power consumption (TDP)	13 Watt	35 Watt

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