Turion II N550 vs Pentium M 715
Aggregate performance score
Turion II N550 outperforms Pentium M 715 by a whopping 244% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Pentium M 715 and Turion II N550 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in the ranking | 3303 | 2847 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | Pentium M | AMD Turion II |
Power efficiency | 0.72 | 1.49 |
Architecture codename | Dothan (2004−2005) | Champlain (2010−2011) |
Release date | 23 June 2004 (20 years ago) | 4 October 2010 (14 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Pentium M 715 and Turion II N550 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 | 1 (Single-Core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
Threads | 1 | 2 |
Base clock speed | 1.5 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 1.5 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
Bus rate | 400 MHz | 3600 MHz |
L1 cache | 32 KB | 265 KB |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 2 MB |
L3 cache | 0 KB | no data |
Chip lithography | 90 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | 87 mm2 | no data |
Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 144 million | no data |
64 bit support | - | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
VID voltage range | 0.988V-1.34V | no data |
Compatibility
Information on Pentium M 715 and Turion II N550 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 | PPGA478 | S1 |
Power consumption (TDP) | 7.5 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 715 and Turion II N550. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0 |
VirusProtect | - | + |
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
Turbo Boost Technology | - | no data |
Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
Idle States | - | no data |
Demand Based Switching | - | no data |
PAE | 32 Bit | no data |
FSB parity | - | no data |
Security technologies
Pentium M 715 and Turion II N550 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 Pentium M 715 and Turion II N550 are enumerated here.
AMD-V | - | + |
VT-x | - | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 715 and Turion II N550. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR2 | DDR3 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | On certain motherboards (Chipset feature) | no data |
Pros & cons summary
Performance score | 0.16 | 0.55 |
Recency | 23 June 2004 | 4 October 2010 |
Physical cores | 1 | 2 |
Threads | 1 | 2 |
Chip lithography | 90 nm | 45 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 7 Watt | 35 Watt |
Pentium M 715 has 400% lower power consumption.
Turion II N550, on the other hand, has a 243.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
The Turion II N550 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 715 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between Pentium M 715 and Turion II N550, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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