AMD Athlon X2 L310 vs AMD Turion 64 MT-30

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon X2 L310 and AMD Turion 64 MT-30 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 X2 L310

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • 1 more threads: 2 vs 1
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 395 vs 294
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 329 vs 246
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 September 2009 vs March 2005
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Number of threads 2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 395 vs 294
PassMark - CPU mark 329 vs 246

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 MT-30

  • Around 33% higher clock speed: 1.6 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
Maximum frequency 1.6 GHz vs 1.2 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon X2 L310
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 MT-30

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
395
294
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
329
246
Name AMD Athlon X2 L310 AMD Turion 64 MT-30
PassMark - Single thread mark 395 294
PassMark - CPU mark 329 246
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 120
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 213

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon X2 L310 AMD Turion 64 MT-30

Essentials

Architecture codename Conesus Lancaster
Launch date 10 September 2009 March 2005
Place in performance rating 3259 3249
Series 2x AMD Athlon Turion 64
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 800 MHz 800 MHz
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 90 nm
Maximum core temperature 95 °C
Maximum frequency 1.2 GHz 1.6 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 2 1
Die size 125 mm
Transistor count 114 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA / 638 lidless micro-PGA 754
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 13 Watt 25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect
PowerNow

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)