Turion II N570 vs Turion 64 X2 TL-50

General info

Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Turion II N570 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Turion 64	AMD Turion II
Architecture codename	Taylor (2006)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	17 May 2006 (17 years ago)	16 December 2010 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$154	no data
Current price	$31 (0.2x MSRP)	$11.05

Technical specs

Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Turion II N570 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.7 GHz
Bus support	800 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	no data	265 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	2 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	45 nm
Die size	147 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	154 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Turion II N570 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	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	31 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Turion II N570. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	SSE(1,2,3), AMD64	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Turion II N570 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no data

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Turion II N570. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR3

Advantages and disadvantages

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Recency	17 May 2006	16 December 2010
Chip lithography	90 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	31 Watt	35 Watt

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