Turion II P520 vs Pentium Dual T2370

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Aggregate performance score

Pentium Dual Core T2370
2008
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.29
Turion II P520
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.51
+75.9%

Turion II P520 outperforms Pentium Dual Core T2370 by an impressive 76% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Turion II P520 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking31292880
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium Dual CoreAMD Turion II
Power efficiency0.781.93
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date1 January 2008 (16 years ago)12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Turion II P520 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed1.73 GHz2.3 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB2 MB
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors291 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Turion II P520 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.

SocketPPGA478S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Turion II P520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Turion II P520 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium Dual Core T2370 and Turion II P520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3

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.

Pentium Dual T2370 0.29
Turion II P520 0.51
+75.9%

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.

Pentium Dual T2370 455
Turion II P520 812
+78.5%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Pentium Dual T2370 1601
Turion II P520 2047
+27.9%

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.

Pentium Dual T2370 3063
Turion II P520 3969
+29.6%

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.

Pentium Dual T2370 1423
Turion II P520 1863
+31%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.29 0.51
Recency 1 January 2008 12 May 2010
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 25 Watt

Turion II P520 has a 75.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.

The Turion II P520 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium Dual Core T2370 in performance tests.


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