AMD Athlon II N330 vs AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II N330 and AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II N330

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 28% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 / 65 nm
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 813 vs 597
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 665 vs 514
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 May 2010 vs 4 May 2007
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 / 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 813 vs 597
PassMark - CPU mark 665 vs 514

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56

  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 31 Watt vs 35 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 31 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II N330
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
813
597
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
665
514
Name AMD Athlon II N330 AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56
PassMark - Single thread mark 813 597
PassMark - CPU mark 665 514
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 929
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1559

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II N330 AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Trinidad / Tyler
Launch date 12 May 2010 4 May 2007
Place in performance rating 2553 2561
Series AMD Athlon II AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop
Family AMD Turion
OPN Tray TMDTL56HAX5DM

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117.5 mm
Front-side bus (FSB) 3200 MHz 800 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 / 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz 1.8 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Transistor count 234 Million
Base frequency 1.8 GHz
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Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 31 Watt

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)