AMD Athlon II N370 vs AMD Turion II N550

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II N370 and AMD Turion II N550 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.

AMD Athlon II N370

AMD Turion II N550

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II N370

CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 913 vs 891
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 899 vs 877

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	16 December 2010 vs 4 October 2010
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	913 vs 891
PassMark - CPU mark	899 vs 877

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II N550

Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
Around 4% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	2.6 GHz vs 2.5 GHz
L1 cache	265 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB vs 1024 KB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II N370
CPU 2: AMD Turion II N550

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

913

891

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

899

877

Name	AMD Athlon II N370	AMD Turion II N550
PassMark - Single thread mark	913	891
PassMark - CPU mark	899	877

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II N370	AMD Turion II N550
Essentials
Architecture codename	Champlain	Champlain
Launch date	16 December 2010	4 October 2010
Place in performance rating	2308	2343
Series	AMD Athlon II	AMD Turion II
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	117.5 mm
Front-side bus (FSB)	3200 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	256 KB	265 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	2.5 GHz	2.6 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Transistor count	234 Million
Compatibility
Sockets supported	S1	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)