AMD Phenom II X3 N830 vs AMD Turion 64 MT-32

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 N830 and AMD Turion 64 MT-32 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X3 N830

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 3 vs 1
  • 2 more threads: 3 vs 1
  • Around 17% higher clock speed: 2.1 GHz vs 1.79 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 823 vs 367
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1222 vs 286
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 May 2010 vs March 2005
Number of cores 3 vs 1
Number of threads 3 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz vs 1.79 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
L2 cache 1536 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 823 vs 367
PassMark - CPU mark 1222 vs 286

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 MT-32

  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 N830
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 MT-32

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
823
367
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1222
286
Name AMD Phenom II X3 N830 AMD Turion 64 MT-32
PassMark - Single thread mark 823 367
PassMark - CPU mark 1222 286
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 271
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 1.863
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 8.244
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.113
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.19

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X3 N830 AMD Turion 64 MT-32

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Lancaster
Launch date 12 May 2010 March 2005
Place in performance rating 3181 3184
Series 3x AMD Phenom II Turion 64
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz 800 MHz
L2 cache 1536 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.1 GHz 1.79 GHz
Number of cores 3 1
Number of threads 3 1
Die size 125 mm
L1 cache 128 KB
Transistor count 114 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 754
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 25 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)

Advanced Technologies

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