AMD C-70 vs AMD Turion 64 MT-34

Comparative analysis of AMD C-70 and AMD Turion 64 MT-34 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Virtualization, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD C-70

AMD Turion 64 MT-34

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD C-70

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 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: 40 nm vs 90 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 9 Watt vs 25 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 364 vs 328
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 315 vs 279

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 October 2012 vs March 2005
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Number of threads	2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	9 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	364 vs 328
PassMark - CPU mark	315 vs 279

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 MT-34

Around 35% higher clock speed: 1.8 GHz vs 1.33 GHz

Maximum frequency	1.8 GHz vs 1.33 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD C-70
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 MT-34

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

364

328

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

315

279

Name	AMD C-70	AMD Turion 64 MT-34
PassMark - Single thread mark	364	328
PassMark - CPU mark	315	279
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	546
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	827
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	0.809
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	0.534

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD C-70	AMD Turion 64 MT-34
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ontario	Lancaster
Launch date	1 October 2012	March 2005
Place in performance rating	3209	3214
Series	AMD C-Series	Turion 64
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Die size	75 mm	125 mm
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	1.33 GHz	1.8 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	2	1
Front-side bus (FSB)		800 MHz
Transistor count		114 million
Memory
Supported memory types	DDR3
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FT1 BGA 413-Ball	754
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	9 Watt	25 Watt
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Advanced Technologies
PowerNow