Turion II P560 vs Turion 64 X2 TL-60

Place in the ranking	2938	2829
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Turion 64	AMD Turion II
Power efficiency	1.25	2.17
Architecture codename	Trinidad/Tyler (2007)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	4 May 2007 (17 years ago)	19 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Turion II P560 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	2 GHz	2.5 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	265 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
Chip lithography	90 nm	45 nm
Die size	147 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	no data
Number of transistors	154 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Turion II P560 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)	35/31 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Turion II P560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	90/65 nm, 1.075	MMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Turion II P560 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Turion II P560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

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-60 0.46

Turion II P560 0.57
+23.9%

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

Turion II P560 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

Turion II P560 573
+65.6%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.46	0.57
Recency	4 May 2007	19 October 2010
Chip lithography	90 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

Turion II P560 has a 23.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

The Turion II P560 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion 64 X2 TL-60 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and Turion II P560, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.