AMD Mobile Sempron M120 vs AMD Turion X2 RM-72

Comparative analysis of AMD Mobile Sempron M120 and AMD Turion X2 RM-72 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 Mobile Sempron M120

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 31% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1190 vs 905
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 September 2009 vs 1 January 2009
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1190 vs 905

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion X2 RM-72

  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • 1 more threads: 2 vs 1
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 756 vs 617
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 653 vs 281
  • Around 43% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1616 vs 1132
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Number of threads 2 vs 1
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 756 vs 617
PassMark - CPU mark 653 vs 281
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1616 vs 1132

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Mobile Sempron M120
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 RM-72

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
617
756
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
281
653
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1190
905
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1132
1616
Name AMD Mobile Sempron M120 AMD Turion X2 RM-72
PassMark - Single thread mark 617 756
PassMark - CPU mark 281 653
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1190 905
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1132 1616

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Mobile Sempron M120 AMD Turion X2 RM-72

Essentials

Architecture codename Caspian Puma
Launch date 10 September 2009 1 January 2009
Place in performance rating 2422 2453
Series AMD Mobile Sempron 2x AMD Turion
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3200 MHz 3600 MHz
L1 cache 128 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 512 KB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 1 2
Number of threads 1 2

Compatibility

Sockets supported S S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect
PowerNow

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)