AMD Turion II M500 vs AMD Athlon XP-M 3000+

Comparative analysis of AMD Turion II M500 and AMD Athlon XP-M 3000+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. 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 Turion II M500

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 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: 45 nm vs 130 nm
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 29% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 847 vs 561
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 756 vs 365
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 September 2009 vs January 2001
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 130 nm
L2 cache 1024 KB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 847 vs 561
PassMark - CPU mark 756 vs 365

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Turion II M500
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP-M 3000+

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
847
561
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
756
365
Name AMD Turion II M500 AMD Athlon XP-M 3000+
PassMark - Single thread mark 847 561
PassMark - CPU mark 756 365
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 243
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 417

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Turion II M500 AMD Athlon XP-M 3000+

Essentials

Architecture codename Caspian Barton
Launch date 10 September 2009 January 2001
Place in performance rating 2897 2905
Series AMD Turion II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
L2 cache 1024 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 130 nm
Maximum frequency 2.2 GHz 2.2 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 2
Die size 101 mm
L1 cache 128 KB
Transistor count 63 million

Compatibility

Sockets supported Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin A
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 45 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Advanced Technologies

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