Athlon II N330 vs Turion II Ultra M600

Aggregate performance score

Turion II Ultra M600
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.58
+38.1%
Athlon II N330
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.42

Turion II Ultra M600 outperforms Athlon II N330 by a substantial 38% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II Ultra M600 and Athlon II N330 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28062972
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion II UltraAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency1.57no data
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II Ultra M600 and Athlon II N330 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cacheno data256 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data117.5 mm2
Number of transistorsno data234 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II Ultra M600 and Athlon II N330 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.

SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pinS1
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and Athlon II N330. 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 VirtualizationMMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
PowerNow+-
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and Athlon II N330 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and Athlon II N330. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

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.

Turion II Ultra M600 0.58
+38.1%
Athlon II N330 0.42

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.

Turion II Ultra M600 923
+38.8%
Athlon II N330 665

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.

Turion II Ultra M600 2120
+6.1%
Athlon II N330 1999

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.

Turion II Ultra M600 4100
+6.9%
Athlon II N330 3837

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.

Turion II Ultra M600 1905
Athlon II N330 1943
+2%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.58 0.42
Recency 10 September 2009 12 May 2010

Turion II Ultra M600 has a 38.1% higher aggregate performance score.

Athlon II N330, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months.

The Turion II Ultra M600 is our recommended choice as it beats the Athlon II N330 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II Ultra M600 and Athlon II N330, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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