AMD A8-3520M vs AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56

Comparative analysis of AMD A8-3520M and AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A8-3520M

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• Around 39% higher clock speed: 2.5 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 90 / 65 nm
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 844 vs 597
• 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1441 vs 514

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56

• Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 35 Watt
• 3.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 929 vs 274
• Around 95% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1559 vs 798

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A8-3520M
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	844 597
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1441 514
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	274 929
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	CPU 1 CPU 2	798 1559

Compare specifications (specs)