AMD Turion II N550 vs AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-68

Comparative analysis of AMD Turion II N550 and AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-68 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II N550

• CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.6 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
• 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 891 vs 882
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 877 vs 866

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Turion II N550
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-68

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	891 882
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	877 866

Compare specifications (specs)