AMD Turion II M500 vs AMD Turion X2 RM-75

Comparative analysis of AMD Turion II M500 and AMD Turion X2 RM-75 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

AMD Turion II M500

AMD Turion X2 RM-75

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II M500

CPU is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 847 vs 783
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 756 vs 727

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 September 2009 vs 1 January 2009
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	847 vs 783
PassMark - CPU mark	756 vs 727

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion X2 RM-75

3.8x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 930 vs 243
3.9x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 1646 vs 417

Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	930 vs 243
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	1646 vs 417

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Turion II M500
CPU 2: AMD Turion X2 RM-75

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

847

783

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

756

727

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

243

930

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

417

1646

Name	AMD Turion II M500	AMD Turion X2 RM-75
PassMark - Single thread mark	847	783
PassMark - CPU mark	756	727
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	243	930
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	417	1646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		0.959
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1.774
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.066

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Turion II M500	AMD Turion X2 RM-75
Essentials
Architecture codename	Caspian	Lion
Launch date	10 September 2009	1 January 2009
Place in performance rating	2897	2898
Series	AMD Turion II	2x AMD Turion
Vertical segment	Laptop	Laptop
Performance
64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB)	3600 MHz	4000 MHz
L2 cache	1024 KB	1 MB
Manufacturing process technology	45 nm	65 nm
Maximum frequency	2.2 GHz	2.2 GHz
Number of cores	2	2
Number of threads	2	2
L1 cache		256 KB
Compatibility
Sockets supported	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin	S1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Advanced Technologies
PowerNow
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)