AMD Athlon II Neo K145 vs AMD Turion 64 X2 L510

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II Neo K145 and AMD Turion 64 X2 L510 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 Neo K145

AMD Turion 64 X2 L510

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II Neo K145

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 13% higher clock speed: 1.8 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 20 Watt

Launch date	15 December 2010 vs 1 October 2009
Maximum frequency	1.8 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 20 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 X2 L510

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
1 more threads: 2 vs 1
2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 603 vs 298

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Number of threads	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	593 vs 592
PassMark - CPU mark	603 vs 298

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II Neo K145
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 X2 L510

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

592

593

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

298

603

Name	AMD Athlon II Neo K145	AMD Turion 64 X2 L510
PassMark - Single thread mark	592	593
PassMark - CPU mark	298	603

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II Neo K145	AMD Turion 64 X2 L510
Essentials
Architecture codename	Nile	Congo
Launch date	15 December 2010	1 October 2009
Place in performance rating	2849	2832
Series	AMD Athlon II Neo	2x AMD Turion 64
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	2000 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	1.8 GHz	1.6 GHz
Number of cores	1	2
Number of threads	1	2
Maximum core temperature		95 °C
Compatibility
Sockets supported	S1	Socket S1 638 lidless micro-PGA
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	20 Watt
Advanced Technologies
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)