Atom Z670 vs Turion II M500
Aggregate performance score
Turion II M500 outperforms Atom Z670 by a whopping 456% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3186 | 3709 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | 0.60 | 1.27 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Manufacturer | no data | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Lincroft (2010−2011) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) | 11 April 2011 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $75 |
Detailed specifications
Basic parameters of Turion II M500 and Atom Z670: 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.2 GHz | 1.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | cDMI |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 400 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 8 |
| L1 cache | no data | 64K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 65 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 140 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M500 and Atom Z670 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | T-PBGA518 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 3 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M500 and Atom Z670. 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 | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
Security technologies
Turion II M500 and Atom Z670 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M500 and Atom Z670 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M500 and Atom Z670. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR2 |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 2.93 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 1 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 3.2 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | PowerVR SGX535 |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Turion II M500 and Atom Z670 integrated GPUs.
| LVDS | no data | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M500 and Atom Z670.
| PCI support | no data | - |
Synthetic benchmarks
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.
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.
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.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.50 | 0.09 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 11 April 2011 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 3 Watt |
Turion II M500 has a 456% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more physical cores.
Atom Z670, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 1067% lower power consumption.
The AMD Turion II M500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z670 in performance tests.
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