AMD Turion II N550 vs AMD Mobile Sempron M120

Comparative analysis of AMD Turion II N550 and AMD Mobile Sempron M120 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 Turion II N550

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • 1 more threads: 2 vs 1
  • Around 24% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
  • 2.1x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 891 vs 617
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 877 vs 281
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 October 2010 vs 10 September 2009
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Number of threads 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz vs 2.1 GHz
L1 cache 265 KB vs 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 891 vs 617
PassMark - CPU mark 877 vs 281

Reasons to consider the AMD Mobile Sempron M120

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 40 nm vs 45 nm
  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 35 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 45 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 35 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Turion II N550
CPU 2: AMD Mobile Sempron M120

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
891
617
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
877
281
Name AMD Turion II N550 AMD Mobile Sempron M120
PassMark - Single thread mark 891 617
PassMark - CPU mark 877 281
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1190
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1132

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Turion II N550 AMD Mobile Sempron M120

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Caspian
Launch date 4 October 2010 10 September 2009
Place in performance rating 2440 2422
Series AMD Turion II AMD Mobile Sempron
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz 3200 MHz
L1 cache 265 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 40 nm
Maximum frequency 2.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 2 1

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 S
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 25 Watt

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)