Core 2 Duo SL9600 vs Turion II Ultra M660

Primary details

Comparing Turion II Ultra M660 and Core 2 Duo SL9600 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2754not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion II UltraIntel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency1.72no data
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Penryn (2008−2011)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)1 March 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$316

Detailed specifications

Turion II Ultra M660 and Core 2 Duo SL9600 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
Base clock speedno data2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed2.7 GHz2.13 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz1066 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache2 MB6 MB
L3 cacheno data6 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data107 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data410 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1.05V-1.15V

Compatibility

Information on Turion II Ultra M660 and Core 2 Duo SL9600 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-pinBGA956
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Core 2 Duo SL9600. 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
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Turion II Ultra M660 and Core 2 Duo SL9600 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Core 2 Duo SL9600 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II Ultra M660 and Core 2 Duo SL9600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



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 M660 2278
+10.9%
Core 2 Duo SL9600 2054

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 M660 4403
+34.2%
Core 2 Duo SL9600 3281

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 September 2009 1 March 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 17 Watt

Turion II Ultra M660 has an age advantage of 6 months.

Core 2 Duo SL9600, on the other hand, has 105.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Turion II Ultra M660 and Core 2 Duo SL9600. We've got no test results to judge.


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