AMD Athlon II Neo K145 vs AMD Turion II P520

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II Neo K145 and AMD Turion II P520 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 Neo K145

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 25 Watt
Launch date 15 December 2010 vs 12 May 2010
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 25 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II P520

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • 1 more threads: 2 vs 1
  • Around 28% higher clock speed: 2.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 49% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 882 vs 592
  • 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 812 vs 298
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Number of threads 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.3 GHz vs 1.8 GHz
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 882 vs 592
PassMark - CPU mark 812 vs 298

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II Neo K145
CPU 2: AMD Turion II P520

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
592
882
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
298
812
Name AMD Athlon II Neo K145 AMD Turion II P520
PassMark - Single thread mark 592 882
PassMark - CPU mark 298 812
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 268
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 486

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II Neo K145 AMD Turion II P520

Essentials

Architecture codename Nile Champlain
Launch date 15 December 2010 12 May 2010
Place in performance rating 2849 2852
Series AMD Athlon II Neo AMD Turion II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 2000 MHz 3600 MHz
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2048 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 1.8 GHz 2.3 GHz
Number of cores 1 2
Number of threads 1 2

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 S1 (S1g4)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt 25 Watt

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)