AMD Phenom II X4 P920 vs AMD Turion 64 ML-40

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X4 P920 and AMD Turion 64 ML-40 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X4 P920

• CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
• 3 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 1
• 3 more threads: 4 vs 1
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
• 4x 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 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
• 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1006 vs 336

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 ML-40

• Around 38% higher clock speed: 2.2 GHz vs 1.6 GHz
• Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 662 vs 597

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X4 P920
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 ML-40

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	597 662
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1006 336

Compare specifications (specs)