Turion 64 MK-36 vs A10-4600M
Primary details
Comparing A10-4600M and Turion 64 MK-36 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2316 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD A-Series | Turion 64 |
| Power efficiency | 3.31 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Trinity (2012−2013) | Richmond |
| Release date | 15 May 2012 (12 years ago) | no data (2024 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
A10-4600M and Turion 64 MK-36 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.
| Physical cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 2.3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.2 GHz | 2 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 800 MHz |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | no data |
| L2 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 90 nm |
| Die size | 246 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on A10-4600M and Turion 64 MK-36 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | no data |
| Socket | FS1r2 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 31 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-4600M and Turion 64 MK-36. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | 86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-4600M and Turion 64 MK-36 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-4600M and Turion 64 MK-36. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon HD 7660G | no data |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 31 Watt |
A10-4600M has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 181.3% more advanced lithography process.
Turion 64 MK-36, on the other hand, has 12.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A10-4600M and Turion 64 MK-36. We've got no test results to judge.
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