Athlon II M360 vs Turion 64 ML-42

Primary details

Comparing Turion 64 ML-42 and Athlon II M360 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
SeriesTurion 64AMD Athlon II
Architecture codenameLancaster (2005−2006)Caspian (2009)
Release dateOctober 2005 (19 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion 64 ML-42 and Athlon II M360 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography90 nm45 nm
Die size125 mm2no data
Number of transistors114 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 ML-42 and Athlon II M360 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 configuration1no data
Socket754Socket S1 (S1g3)
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 ML-42 and Athlon II M360. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 ML-42 and Athlon II M360. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR2

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 90 nm 45 nm

Athlon II M360 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

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