Ryzen 9 9955HX3D vs Turion II M520
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 9 9955HX3D outperforms Turion II M520 by a whopping 7368% 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 | 2958 | 67 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | AMD Dragon Range (Zen 4, Ryzen 7045) |
| Power efficiency | 1.53 | 72.79 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Fire Range-HX (Zen 5) (2025) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 6 January 2025 (less than a year ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion II M520 and Ryzen 9 9955HX3D 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) | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 5.4 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 1.3 MB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 128 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M520 and Ryzen 9 9955HX3D 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 | 55 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M520 and Ryzen 9 9955HX3D. 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 | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon 610M ( - 2200 MHz) |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.56 | 41.82 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 6 January 2025 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 16 |
| Threads | 2 | 32 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 55 Watt |
Turion II M520 has 57.1% lower power consumption.
Ryzen 9 9955HX3D, on the other hand, has a 7367.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.
The AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Turion II M520 in performance tests.
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