Turion 64 X2 TL-58 vs Turion II P520
Primary details
Comparing Turion II P520 and Turion 64 X2 TL-58 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2842 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | 2x AMD Turion 64 |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Tyler (2007−2009) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 4 May 2007 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion II P520 and Turion 64 X2 TL-58 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 | 2.3 GHz | 1.9 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II P520 and Turion 64 X2 TL-58 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 (S1g4) | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 31 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Turion 64 X2 TL-58. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 | no data |
| VirusProtect | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P520 and Turion 64 X2 TL-58 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P520 and Turion 64 X2 TL-58. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | 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.
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
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 4 May 2007 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 31 Watt |
Turion II P520 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 24% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Turion II P520 and Turion 64 X2 TL-58. We've got no test results to judge.
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