Turion 64 X2 TL-60 vs Pro A8-8600B

Primary details

Comparing Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 X2 TL-60 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2221	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Carrizo	2x AMD Turion 64
Power efficiency	3.73	no data
Architecture codename	Carrizo (2015−2018)	Trinidad/Tyler (2007)
Release date	3 June 2015 (9 years ago)	4 May 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 X2 TL-60 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	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2 GHz
Bus rate	no data	800 MHz
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	2048 KB	1 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	90 nm
Die size	no data	147 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	95 °C
Number of transistors	3100 Million	154 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 X2 TL-60 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	FP4	S1
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	35/31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 X2 TL-60. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	HSA 1.0	90/65 nm, 1.075
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	FMA4	-
AVX	AVX	-
FRTC	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
RAID	+	-
HSA	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 X2 TL-60 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 X2 TL-60. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3/DDR3L-2133	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R6 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	6	no data
Number of pipelines	384	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 X2 TL-60 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 X2 TL-60 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pro A8-8600B and Turion 64 X2 TL-60.

PCIe version

3.0

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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Recency	3 June 2015	4 May 2007
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	35 Watt

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