Intel Celeron 2970M vs AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-58

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General info

Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-58 and Celeron 2970M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated2344
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Turion 64Intel Celeron
Architecture codenameTyler (2007−2009)Haswell (2013−2015)
Release date4 May 2007 (16 years old)14 April 2014 (9 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$75
Current price$8.81 $59 (0.8x MSRP)

Technical specs

Turion 64 X2 TL-58 and Celeron 2970M 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 data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed1.9 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus support800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data2 MB
Chip lithography65 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data130 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data960 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-58 and Celeron 2970M 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
Socketno dataFCPGA946
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt37 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-58 and Celeron 2970M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NIno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSXno data-
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Turion 64 X2 TL-58 and Celeron 2970M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data-
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-58 and Celeron 2970M are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-58 and Celeron 2970M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s
ECC memory supportno data-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 4th Generation Intel® Processors
Quick Sync Videono data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion 64 X2 TL-58 and Celeron 2970M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPortno data+
HDMIno data+
VGAno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-58 and Celeron 2970M.

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.


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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Turion 64 X2 TL-58 1339
Celeron 2970M 2489
+85.9%

Celeron 2970M outperforms Turion 64 X2 TL-58 by 86% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 4 May 2007 14 April 2014
Chip lithography 65 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 37 Watt

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