AMD A6 Pro-7050B vs AMD Turion X2 RM-72

Comparative analysis of AMD A6 Pro-7050B and AMD Turion X2 RM-72 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD A6 Pro-7050B

AMD Turion X2 RM-72

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A6 Pro-7050B

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 43% higher clock speed: 3 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 28 nm vs 65 nm
Around 16% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 875 vs 756
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1009 vs 653

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 June 2014 vs 1 January 2009
Maximum frequency	3 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	875 vs 756
PassMark - CPU mark	1009 vs 653

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion X2 RM-72

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 100 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 100 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A6 Pro-7050B
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 RM-72

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

875

756

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1009

653

Name	AMD A6 Pro-7050B	AMD Turion X2 RM-72
PassMark - Single thread mark	875	756
PassMark - CPU mark	1009	653
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		905
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		1616

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD A6 Pro-7050B	AMD Turion X2 RM-72
Essentials
Architecture codename	Kaveri	Puma
Family	AMD PRO A-Series Processors
Launch date	4 June 2014	1 January 2009
OPN Tray	AM705BECH23JA
Place in performance rating	2446	2454
Series	AMD PRO A-Series A6 APU for Laptops	2x AMD Turion
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	2.2 GHz
Compute Cores	5
Die size	245 mm
L2 cache	1 MB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	3 GHz	2.1 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of GPU cores	3
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	2410 Million
Unlocked
Front-side bus (FSB)		3600 MHz
L1 cache		256 KB
Memory
Max memory channels	2
Supported memory frequency	1600 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR3 / DDR3L-1600
Graphics
Enduro
Graphics max frequency	533 MHz
iGPU core count	192
Number of pipelines	192
Processor graphics	AMD Radeon R4 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
HDMI
Graphics API support
DirectX	12
Vulkan
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FP3	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt	35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0
Advanced Technologies
AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
RAID
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0