AMD Z-60 vs AMD Turion 64 ML-30

Comparative analysis of AMD Z-60 and AMD Turion 64 ML-30 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Z-60

• CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 7 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: 40 nm vs 90 nm
• 7x lower typical power consumption: 5 Watt vs 35 Watt
• Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 318 vs 314

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion 64 ML-30

• Around 60% higher clock speed: 1.6 GHz vs 1 GHz
• 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• Around 6% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 277 vs 262

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Z-60
CPU 2: AMD Turion 64 ML-30

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	318 314
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	262 277

Compare specifications (specs)