Turion 64 MK-36 vs Atom D525

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Primary details

Comparing Atom D525 and Turion 64 MK-36 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomTurion 64
Architecture codenamePinetrail (2009−2011)Richmond
Release date21 June 2010 (14 years ago)no data (2024 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$63no data

Detailed specifications

Atom D525 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 cores2 (Dual-core)1 (Single-Core)
Threads41
Base clock speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed1.83 GHz2 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cache64K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm90 nm
Die size66 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors176 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Atom D525 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCBGA559no data
Power consumption (TDP)13 Watt31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom D525 and Turion 64 MK-36. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data

Security technologies

Atom D525 and Turion 64 MK-36 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom D525 and Turion 64 MK-36 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom D525 and Turion 64 MK-36. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2, DDR3no data
Maximum memory size4 GBno data
Max memory channels1no data
Maximum memory bandwidth6.4 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel GMA 3150no 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.

Atom D525 402
+20.4%
Turion 64 MK-36 334

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.

Atom D525 55.25
+57.5%
Turion 64 MK-36 87

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 1
Threads 4 1
Chip lithography 45 nm 90 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 13 Watt 31 Watt

Atom D525 has 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 138.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Atom D525 and Turion 64 MK-36. We've got no test results to judge.


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