Turion X2 RM-70 vs Turion 64 X2 TL-64

General info
Technical specs
Compatibility
Technologies
Benchmarks
Advantages and disadvantages
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General info

Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Turion X2 RM-70 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	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Turion 64	2x AMD Turion
Architecture codename	Trinidad (2006−2007)	Puma (2008−2009)
Release date	13 April 2007 (17 years old)	3 June 2008 (15 years old)
Current price	$56	$27

Technical specs

Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Turion X2 RM-70 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	2.2 GHz	2 GHz
Bus support	800 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	65 nm	65 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	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Turion X2 RM-70 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	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Turion X2 RM-70. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	65 nm, 1.075	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-64 and Turion X2 RM-70 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

no 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.

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
+10.9%

Turion X2 RM-70 1556

Turion 64 X2 TL-64 outperforms Turion X2 RM-70 by 11% 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
+6.3%

Turion X2 RM-70 3012

Turion 64 X2 TL-64 outperforms Turion X2 RM-70 by 6% 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
+7.5%

Turion X2 RM-70 1412

Turion 64 X2 TL-64 outperforms Turion X2 RM-70 by 8% in 3DMark06 CPU.