AMD Turion 64 MK-38 vs Phenom II X3 P820

General info

Comparing Phenom II X3 P820 and Turion 64 MK-38 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	2417	not rated
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	3x AMD Phenom II	Turion 64
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Richmond
Release date	12 May 2010 (13 years old)	no data

Technical specs

Phenom II X3 P820 and Turion 64 MK-38 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	3 (Tri-Core)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	3	1
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	2.2 GHz
Bus support	3600 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	384 KB	no data
L2 cache	1.5 MB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	90 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X3 P820 and Turion 64 MK-38 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	S1	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X3 P820 and Turion 64 MK-38. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	integrated DDR3 Memory Controller, Virtualization, AMD64, Advanced Virus Protection, SSE(1,2,3,4a)	no data
VirusProtect	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X3 P820 and Turion 64 MK-38 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X3 P820 and Turion 64 MK-38. Depending on the motherboards, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Boost clock speed	1800	2200
Chip lithography	45 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	31 Watt

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