Intel Core 2 Duo T5870 vs AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-64

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General info

Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Core 2 Duo T5870 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Turion 64Intel Core 2 Duo
Architecture codenameTrinidad (2006−2007)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date13 April 2007 (16 years old)1 October 2008 (15 years old)
Current price$56 $194

Technical specs

Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Core 2 Duo T5870 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 speed2.2 GHz2 GHz
Bus support800 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data2 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die size147 mm2143 mm2
Maximum core temperature95 °C100 °C
Number of transistors154 Million291 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierNoNo
VID voltage rangeno data1.075V-1.175V

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Core 2 Duo T5870 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.

SocketS1no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Core 2 Duo T5870. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions65 nm, 1.075no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-
Statusno dataDiscontinued

Security technologies

Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Core 2 Duo T5870 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-64 and Core 2 Duo T5870 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Turion 64 X2 TL-64 692
Core 2 Duo T5870 698
+0.9%

Core 2 Duo T5870 outperforms Turion 64 X2 TL-64 by 1% in Passmark.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

Turion 64 X2 TL-64 1726
Core 2 Duo T5870 2089
+21%

Core 2 Duo T5870 outperforms Turion 64 X2 TL-64 by 21% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

Turion 64 X2 TL-64 3201
Core 2 Duo T5870 3810
+19%

Core 2 Duo T5870 outperforms Turion 64 X2 TL-64 by 19% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

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-64 1518
Core 2 Duo T5870 1628
+7.2%

Core 2 Duo T5870 outperforms Turion 64 X2 TL-64 by 7% in 3DMark06 CPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 13 April 2007 1 October 2008

We couldn't decide between Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Core 2 Duo T5870. We've got no test results to judge.


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