AMD Phenom II X3 P820 vs AMD Turion 64 ML-37

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X3 P820 and AMD Turion 64 ML-37 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 Phenom II X3 P820

• 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
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
• 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
• Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 717 vs 510
• 3.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1068 vs 334

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 ML-37

• Around 11% higher clock speed: 2 GHz vs 1.8 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X3 P820
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 ML-37

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	717 510
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1068 334

Compare specifications (specs)