Atom Z520 vs Turion II Ultra M620
Aggregate performance score
Turion II Ultra M620 outperforms Atom Z520 by a whopping 557% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 3167 | 3683 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II Ultra | Intel Atom |
| Power efficiency | no data | 3.75 |
| Designer | AMD | Intel |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Silverthorne (2008−2010) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) | 2 April 2008 (17 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $65 |
Detailed specifications
Turion II Ultra M620 and Atom Z520 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 1.33 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.5 GHz | 0.03 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | FSB |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 533.33 MT/s |
| Multiplier | no data | 10 |
| L1 cache | no data | 56 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 24.18 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 90 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 47 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.75-1.1V |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II Ultra M620 and Atom Z520 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | PBGA441 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 2 MB | 2 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II Ultra M620 and Atom Z520. 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 | Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3 |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | + |
| FSB parity | no data | - |
Security technologies
Turion II Ultra M620 and Atom Z520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | - |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II Ultra M620 and Atom Z520 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
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.
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.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.46 | 0.07 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 2 April 2008 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
Turion II Ultra M620 has a 557.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores.
The AMD Turion II Ultra M620 is our recommended choice as it beats the Intel Atom Z520 in performance tests.
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