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.

AMD Athlon II N330

AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56

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 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 813 vs 591
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 665 vs 498

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 591
PassMark - CPU mark	665 vs 498

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

591

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

665

498

Name	AMD Athlon II N330	AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56
PassMark - Single thread mark	813	591
PassMark - CPU mark	665	498
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	2552	2563
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
Unlocked
Compatibility
Sockets supported	S1	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	31 Watt
Advanced Technologies
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)