Ryzen 3 2300U vs Turion II Ultra M600

Aggregate performance score

Turion II Ultra M600
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.58
Ryzen 3 2300U
2017
4 cores / 4 threads, 15 Watt
3.49
+502%

Ryzen 3 2300U outperforms Turion II Ultra M600 by a whopping 502% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II Ultra M600 and Ryzen 3 2300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28061529
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion II UltraAMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency1.5722.02
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Raven Ridge (2017−2018)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)26 October 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II Ultra M600 and Ryzen 3 2300U 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 data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz3.4 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
Multiplierno data20
L1 cacheno data128K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data246 mm2
Number of transistorsno data4950 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II Ultra M600 and Ryzen 3 2300U 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pinFP5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and Ryzen 3 2300U. 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 VirtualizationXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and Ryzen 3 2300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and Ryzen 3 2300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II Ultra M600 and Ryzen 3 2300U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data12

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
Ryzen 3 2300U 3.49
+502%

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
Ryzen 3 2300U 5548
+501%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Turion II Ultra M600 292
Ryzen 3 2300U 801
+174%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Turion II Ultra M600 510
Ryzen 3 2300U 2233
+338%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.58 3.49
Recency 10 September 2009 26 October 2017
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 3 2300U has a 501.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 3 2300U is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II Ultra M600 in performance tests.


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