AMD A6-3420M vs AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66

Comparative analysis of AMD A6-3420M and AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6-3420M

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1294 vs 696
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 June 2011 vs 13 April 2007
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache 4096 KB vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1294 vs 696

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66

  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 846 vs 773
  • 4.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1113 vs 261
  • 2.5x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1932 vs 788
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 846 vs 773
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1113 vs 261
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1932 vs 788

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6-3420M
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
773
846
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1294
696
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
261
1113
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
788
1932
Name AMD A6-3420M AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66
PassMark - Single thread mark 773 846
PassMark - CPU mark 1294 696
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 261 1113
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 788 1932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4.751
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.131
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 6.257
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 23.581
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1219
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3961

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A6-3420M AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66

Essentials

Architecture codename Llano Brisbane
Launch date 15 June 2011 13 April 2007
Place in performance rating 2271 2253
Series AMD A-Series 2x AMD Turion 64
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 218 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4096 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of threads 4 2
Transistor count 1000 Million
Front-side bus (FSB) 800 MHz

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Sockets supported FS1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 35 Watt

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)