Turion 64 X2 TL-56 vs Pentium Dual T2330
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Turion 64 X2 TL-56 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Pentium Dual Core | 2x AMD Turion 64 |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Trinidad / Tyler (2007) |
| Release date | no data (2024 years ago) | 4 May 2007 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual Core T2330 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 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | 533 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L2 cache | no data | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 90/65 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T2330 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.
| Socket | no data | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 33/31 Watt |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 33 Watt |
Pentium Dual T2330 has a 38.5% more advanced lithography process.
Turion 64 X2 TL-56, on the other hand, has 6.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Turion 64 X2 TL-56. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Turion 64 X2 TL-56, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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