Turion II N550 vs Pentium P6300

Aggregate performance score

Pentium P6300
2011
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.53
Turion II N550
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.55
+3.8%

Turion II N550 outperforms Pentium P6300 by a minimal 4% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium P6300 and Turion II N550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28582831
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel PentiumAMD Turion II
Power efficiency1.431.49
Architecture codenameArrandale (2010−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date9 January 2011 (13 years ago)4 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium P6300 and Turion II N550 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
Base clock speed2.27 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.27 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus typeDMI 1.0no data
Bus rate1 × 2.5 GT/s3600 MHz
Multiplier17no data
L1 cache64K (per core)265 KB
L2 cache256K (per core)2 MB
L3 cache3 MB (shared)no data
Chip lithography32 nm45 nm
Die size81+114 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors384 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium P6300 and Turion II N550 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketPGA988S1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium P6300 and Turion II N550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
FMA+-
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Flex Memory Access+no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE36 Bitno data
FDI+no data
Fast Memory Access+no data

Security technologies

Pentium P6300 and Turion II N550 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium P6300 and Turion II N550 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium P6300 and Turion II N550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth17.051 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processorsno data
Clear Video+no data
Graphics max frequency667 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium P6300 and Turion II N550 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium P6300 and Turion II N550.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes16no 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.

Pentium P6300 0.53
Turion II N550 0.55
+3.8%

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.

Pentium P6300 834
Turion II N550 877
+5.2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 0.55
Recency 9 January 2011 4 October 2010
Chip lithography 32 nm 45 nm

Pentium P6300 has an age advantage of 3 months, and a 40.6% more advanced lithography process.

Turion II N550, on the other hand, has a 3.8% higher aggregate performance score.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Pentium P6300 and Turion II N550.


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