i5-430M vs Turion 64 X2 TL-60

Primary details

Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Core i5-430M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2638
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Turion 64Intel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data2.06
Architecture codenameTrinidad/Tyler (2007)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date4 May 2007 (17 years ago)7 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$79

Detailed specifications

Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Core i5-430M 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)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data2.26 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz2.53 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate800 MHz1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data17
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data3 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm32 nm
Die size147 mm281 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C105 °C
Number of transistors154 Million382 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Core i5-430M 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)
SocketS1BGA1288,PGA988
Power consumption (TDP)35/31 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Core i5-430M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions90/65 nm, 1.075Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Core i5-430M 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-60 and Core i5-430M 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-60 and Core i5-430M. 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+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data766 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Core i5-430M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Core i5-430M.

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.



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-60 184
i5-430M 324
+76.1%

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-60 346
i5-430M 649
+87.6%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Turion 64 X2 TL-60 1619
i5-430M 2748
+69.7%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Turion 64 X2 TL-60 3130
i5-430M 6357
+103%

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-60 1457
i5-430M 2584
+77.4%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Turion 64 X2 TL-60 39
i5-430M 20.67
+88.7%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 May 2007 7 January 2010
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 90 nm 32 nm

i5-430M has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.

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