Turion II Ultra M620 vs i3-2310E

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2691	3200
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.07	no data
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core i3	AMD Turion II Ultra
Power efficiency	1.27	0.56
Designer	Intel	AMD
Manufacturer	Intel	no data
Architecture codename	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	1 February 2011 (15 years ago)	10 September 2009 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$225	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

Core i3-2310E 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus type	DMI 2.0	no data
Bus rate	4 × 5 GT/s	3600 MHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	64K (per core)	no data
L2 cache	256K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	3 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm
Die size	149 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	624 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core i3-2310E 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	Intel BGA1023	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i3-2310E 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
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i3-2310E and Turion II Ultra M620 are enumerated here.

VT-x

+

no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i3-2310E and Turion II Ultra M620. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	no data
Maximum memory size	16 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	21.335 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

Intel HD Graphics 3000

no data

Synthetic benchmarks

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

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Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	1.05	0.46
Recency	1 February 2011	10 September 2009
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	32 nm	45 nm

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