AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66 vs AMD Opteron 250 HE

Comparative analysis of AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66 and AMD Opteron 250 HE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66

AMD Opteron 250 HE

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 65 nm vs 90 nm
Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 55 Watt

Launch date	13 April 2007 vs March 2005
Number of cores	2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm vs 90 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 55 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 250 HE

Around 4% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2.3 GHz

Maximum frequency	2.4 GHz vs 2.3 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 250 HE

Name	AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66	AMD Opteron 250 HE
PassMark - Single thread mark	842
PassMark - CPU mark	716
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	1113
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1932

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-66	AMD Opteron 250 HE
Essentials
Architecture codename	Brisbane	Troy
Launch date	13 April 2007	March 2005
Place in performance rating	2258	not rated
Series	2x AMD Turion 64
Vertical segment	Laptop	Server
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	800 MHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	90 nm
Maximum frequency	2.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Number of cores	2	1
Number of threads	2
L1 cache		128 KB
Transistor count		106 million
Compatibility
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	55 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		2
Sockets supported		940