AMD Athlon II Neo K345 vs AMD Turion II M500

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II Neo K345 and AMD Turion II M500 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 Neo K345

AMD Turion II M500

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II Neo K345

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 35 Watt

Launch date	18 December 2010 vs 10 September 2009
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 35 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II M500

Around 57% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Around 53% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 847 vs 552
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 756 vs 527

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz vs 1.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	847 vs 552
PassMark - CPU mark	756 vs 527

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II Neo K345
CPU 2: AMD Turion II M500

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

552

847

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

527

756

Name	AMD Athlon II Neo K345	AMD Turion II M500
PassMark - Single thread mark	552	847
PassMark - CPU mark	527	756
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		243
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		417

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Athlon II Neo K345	AMD Turion II M500
Essentials
Architecture codename	Champlain	Caspian
Launch date	18 December 2010	10 September 2009
Place in performance rating	2898	2901
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	256 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	1.4 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
Compatibility
Sockets supported	S1	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	35 Watt
Advanced Technologies
PowerNow
VirusProtect
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)