Turion 64 X2 TL-56 vs Core 2 Extreme X9100

Place in the ranking	2280	3009
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Extreme	2x AMD Turion 64
Power efficiency	2.78	1.14
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Trinidad / Tyler (2007)
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)	4 May 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$851	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Extreme X9100 and Turion 64 X2 TL-56 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	3.06 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3.06 GHz	1.8 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	800 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	6 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	90/65 nm
Die size	107 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.05-1.2625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Extreme X9100 and Turion 64 X2 TL-56 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	PGA478	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	44 Watt	33/31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Extreme X9100 and Turion 64 X2 TL-56. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
AMT	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Extreme X9100 and Turion 64 X2 TL-56 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 Core 2 Extreme X9100 and Turion 64 X2 TL-56 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Extreme X9100 1.30
+225%

Turion 64 X2 TL-56 0.40

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Extreme X9100 7440
+162%

Turion 64 X2 TL-56 2835

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Extreme X9100 2810
+110%

Turion 64 X2 TL-56 1340