AMD Athlon II M340 vs AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-68

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II M340 and AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-68 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

AMD Athlon II M340

AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-68

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II M340

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	10 September 2009 vs 1 January 2008
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-68

Around 9% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 882 vs 858
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 866 vs 807

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2.2 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	882 vs 858
PassMark - CPU mark	866 vs 807

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II M340
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-68

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

858

882

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

807

866

Name	AMD Athlon II M340	AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-68
PassMark - Single thread mark	858	882
PassMark - CPU mark	807	866

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II M340	AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-68
Essentials
Architecture codename	Caspian	Tyler
Launch date	10 September 2009	1 January 2008
Place in performance rating	2480	2455
Series	AMD Athlon II	2x AMD Turion 64
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	3200 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Compatibility
Sockets supported	Socket S1 (S1g3)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
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