Turion 64 X2 TL-68 vs Pentium Dual Core T2390
Primary details
Comparing Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Turion 64 X2 TL-68 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Pentium Dual Core | 2x AMD Turion 64 |
| Architecture codename | Merom (2006−2008) | Tyler (2007−2009) |
| Release date | 1 March 2008 (16 years ago) | 1 January 2008 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Turion 64 X2 TL-68 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 | 1.86 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Bus support | 533 MHz | 800 MHz |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 65 nm |
| Die size | 143 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 291 Million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Turion 64 X2 TL-68 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 | PPGA478 | no data |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 March 2008 | 1 January 2008 |
Pentium Dual T2390 has an age advantage of 2 months.
We couldn't decide between Pentium Dual Core T2390 and Turion 64 X2 TL-68. We've got no test results to judge.
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