Pentium Dual-Core E2180 vs Turion II Ultra M600
Primary details
Comparing Turion II Ultra M600 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 2686 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Turion II Ultra | no data |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Allendale (2006−2009) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (14 years ago) | August 2007 (16 years ago) |
| Current price | $25 | $67 |
Detailed specifications
Turion II Ultra M600 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 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 | 2.4 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus support | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | no data | 77 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | no data | 105 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II Ultra M600 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | 775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180. 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 | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR1, DDR2, 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.
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%
Turion II Ultra M600 outperforms Pentium Dual-Core E2180 by 35% in Passmark.
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Turion II Ultra M600 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Turion II Ultra M600 is a notebook processor while Pentium Dual-Core E2180 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II Ultra M600 and Pentium Dual-Core E2180, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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