Athlon II N370 vs Turion II N550
Aggregated performance score
Athlon II N370 outperforms Turion II N550 by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
Comparing Turion II N550 and Athlon II N370 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 2675 | 2665 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | AMD Turion II | AMD Athlon II |
Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
Release date | 4 October 2010 (13 years old) | 16 December 2010 (13 years old) |
Current price | $11.05 | no data |
Technical specs
Turion II N550 and Athlon II N370 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 | 2.6 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
Bus support | 3600 MHz | 3200 MHz |
L1 cache | 265 KB | 256 KB |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | no data | 117.5 mm2 |
Number of transistors | no data | 234 Million |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II N550 and Athlon II N370 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 | S1 | S1 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II N550 and Athlon II N370. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, DDR3-1066 memory controller, HyperTransport 3.0 | DDR3-1066 memory controller, MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization |
VirusProtect | + | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II N550 and Athlon II N370 are enumerated here.
AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II N550 and Athlon II N370. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3 | DDR3 |
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.
Athlon II N370 outperforms Turion II N550 by 4% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Athlon II N370 outperforms Turion II N550 by 3% in Passmark.
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 0.57 | 0.59 |
Recency | 4 October 2010 | 16 December 2010 |
We couldn't decide between Turion II N550 and Athlon II N370. The differences in performance seem too small.
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