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 performance 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)

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

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Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Pentium Extreme Edition 955 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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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

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DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 Depends on motherboard

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 April 2007	27 December 2005
Threads	2	4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	130 Watt

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