Pentium P6100 vs Turion 64 X2 TL-50

Aggregate performance score

Turion 64 X2 TL-50
2006
2 cores / 2 threads, 31 Watt
0.33
Pentium P6100
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.56
+69.7%

Pentium P6100 outperforms Turion 64 X2 TL-50 by an impressive 70% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Pentium P6100 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking30682828
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Turion 64Intel Pentium
Power efficiency1.011.51
Architecture codenameTaylor (2006)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date17 May 2006 (18 years ago)26 September 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$154$12

Detailed specifications

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Pentium P6100 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 speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.6 GHz2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate800 MHz1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data15
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm32 nm
Die size147 mm281+114 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
Number of transistors154 Million384 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Pentium P6100 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Pentium P6100. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsSSE(1,2,3), AMD64no data
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Pentium P6100 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Pentium P6100 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Pentium P6100. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data17.051 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel Processors
Clear Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data667 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Pentium P6100 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Pentium P6100.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 0.33
Pentium P6100 0.56
+69.7%

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
Pentium P6100 273
+184%

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
Pentium P6100 452
+195%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 1184
Pentium P6100 1843
+55.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.33 0.56
Recency 17 May 2006 26 September 2010
Chip lithography 90 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 35 Watt

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 has 12.9% lower power consumption.

Pentium P6100, on the other hand, has a 69.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Pentium P6100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion 64 X2 TL-50 in performance tests.


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