A8-7670K vs Turion II Ultra M600

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II Ultra M600
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.53

A8-7670K outperforms Turion II Ultra M600 by a whopping 253% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking31442208
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesAMD Turion II Ultrano data
Power efficiency0.640.83
DesignerAMDAMD
Manufacturerno dataGlobalFoundries
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Godaveri (2014−2016)
Release date10 September 2009 (16 years ago)20 July 2015 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II Ultra M600 and A8-7670K 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 cores2 (Dual-core)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache2 MB4096 KB
Chip lithography45 nm28 nm
Die sizeno data245 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data72 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistorsno data2,411 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Turion II Ultra M600 and A8-7670K 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 configurationno data1
SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pinFM2+
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and A8-7670K. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
FRTC-+
FreeSync-+
PowerTune-+
DualGraphics-+
TrueAudio-+
PowerNow+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and A8-7670K are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and A8-7670K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3-2133
Max memory channelsno data2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core countno data6
จำนวนพาธไลน์no data512
Enduro-+
Switchable graphics-+
UVD-+
VCE-+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion II Ultra M600 and A8-7670K integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and A8-7670K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno dataDirectX® 12
Vulkan-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and A8-7670K.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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.

Turion II Ultra M600 0.53
A8-7670K 1.87
+253%

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. Other than that, Passmark measures multi-core performance.

Turion II Ultra M600 923
A8-7670K 3267
+254%
Samples: 99

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.53 1.87
Recency 10 September 2009 20 July 2015
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt

Turion II Ultra M600 has 171.4% lower power consumption.

A8-7670K, on the other hand, has a 252.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 60.7% more advanced lithography process.

The AMD A8-7670K is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Turion II Ultra M600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Turion II Ultra M600 is a notebook processor while A8-7670K is a desktop one.

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