i3-1215U vs Turion 64 X2 TL-50

Primary details

Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Core i3-1215U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1015
Place by popularitynot in top-10021
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Turion 64Intel Alder Lake-M
Power efficiencyno data43.10
Architecture codenameTaylor (2006)Alder Lake-U (2022)
Release date17 May 2006 (18 years ago)23 February 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$154no data

Detailed specifications

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Core i3-1215U 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads28
Base clock speedno data1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz4.4 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data80K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data10 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size147 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistors154 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Core i3-1215U 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Core i3-1215U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE(1,2,3), AMD64Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Core i3-1215U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Core i3-1215U are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Core i3-1215U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Video-+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz
Execution Unitsno data64

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Core i3-1215U integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Core i3-1215U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Core i3-1215U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Core i3-1215U.

PCIe versionno data4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 96
i3-1215U 1848
+1825%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 153
i3-1215U 4892
+3097%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 May 2006 23 February 2022
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 8
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 15 Watt

i3-1215U has an age advantage of 15 years, 200% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and 106.7% lower power consumption.

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