Pentium Extreme Edition 955 vs Turion 64 X2 TL-64
Primary details
Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | 2x AMD Turion 64 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Trinidad (2006−2007) | Presler (2005−2007) |
| Release date | 13 April 2007 (17 years ago) | 27 December 2005 (18 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $999 |
Detailed specifications
Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.466 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 0.47 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 16 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB (per core) |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 147 mm2 | 2x 81 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 95 °C | no data |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 69 °C |
| Number of transistors | 154 Million | 376 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 | 775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 130 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 65 nm, 1.075 | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 are enumerated here.
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) |
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 April 2007 | 27 December 2005 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 130 Watt |
Turion 64 X2 TL-64 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 271.4% lower power consumption.
Pentium Extreme Edition 955, on the other hand, has 100% more threads.
We couldn't decide between Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Turion 64 X2 TL-64 is a notebook processor while Pentium Extreme Edition 955 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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