Core 2 Duo E6420 vs Turion X2 RM-75

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Aggregate performance score

Turion X2 RM-75
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.38
Core 2 Duo E6420
2007
2 cores / 2 threads, 65 Watt
0.45
+18.4%

Core 2 Duo E6420 outperforms Turion X2 RM-75 by a moderate 18% 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 ranking32983215
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD Turionno data
Power efficiency0.460.29
DesignerAMDIntel
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Conroe (2006−2007)
Release date1 January 2009 (17 years ago)April 2007 (18 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 RM-75 and Core 2 Duo E6420 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 speed2.2 GHz2.13 GHz
Bus rate4000 MHz1066 MHz
L1 cache256 KB64 KB
L2 cache1 MB4 MB
L3 cache0 KB0 KB
Chip lithography65 nm65 nm
Die sizeno data111 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data60 °C
Number of transistorsno data167 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data0.85V-1.5V

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 RM-75 and Core 2 Duo E6420 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
SocketS1PLGA775
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 RM-75 and Core 2 Duo E6420. 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-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Turion X2 RM-75 and Core 2 Duo E6420 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 X2 RM-75 and Core 2 Duo E6420 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 RM-75 and Core 2 Duo E6420. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR1, DDR2, DDR3

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.

Turion X2 RM-75 0.38
Core 2 Duo E6420 0.45
+18.4%

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.

Turion X2 RM-75 670
Core 2 Duo E6420 784
+17%
Samples: 324

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.38 0.45
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Turion X2 RM-75 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Core 2 Duo E6420, on the other hand, has a 18.4% higher aggregate performance score.

The Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion X2 RM-75 in performance tests.

Be aware that Turion X2 RM-75 is a notebook processor while Core 2 Duo E6420 is a desktop one.

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