i5-9600KF vs Turion X2 RM-70

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Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i5-9600KF processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1021
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data7.82
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD TurionIntel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data6.70
Architecture codenamePuma (2008−2009)Coffee Lake (2017−2019)
Release date3 June 2008 (16 years ago)7 January 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$262

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i5-9600KF 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)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads26
Base clock speedno data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2 GHz4.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate3600 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data37
L1 cache256 KB384 KB
L2 cache1 MB1.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB9 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i5-9600KF 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt95 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i5-9600KF. 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 VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+

Security technologies

Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i5-9600KF technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
Identity Protection-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i5-9600KF are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i5-9600KF. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4-2666
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data41.6 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i5-9600KF.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2008 7 January 2019
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 6
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 95 Watt

Turion X2 RM-70 has 206.5% lower power consumption.

i5-9600KF, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, 200% more physical cores and 200% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Turion X2 RM-70 and Core i5-9600KF. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Turion X2 RM-70 is a notebook processor while Core i5-9600KF is a desktop one.


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