Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 vs Turion II M500
Aggregate performance score
Turion II M500 outperforms Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 by an impressive 61% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Turion II M500 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2860 | 3089 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | 2x Athlon 64 |
| Power efficiency | 1.43 | 1.01 |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Taylor / Hawk-256 |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) | no data |
Detailed specifications
Turion II M500 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 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 | 1.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 667 MHz |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M500 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 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 | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 31 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M500 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | no data |
| PowerNow | + | - |
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.53 | 0.33 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 31 Watt |
Turion II M500 has a 60.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon 64 X2 TK-55, on the other hand, has 12.9% lower power consumption.
The Turion II M500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon 64 X2 TK-55 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II M500 and Athlon 64 X2 TK-55, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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