Celeron 1020M vs Turion 64 MK-38

Primary details

Comparing Turion 64 MK-38 and Celeron 1020M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated2593
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesTurion 64Intel Celeron
Power efficiencyno data2.16
Architecture codenameRichmondIvy Bridge (2012−2013)
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)20 January 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$86

Detailed specifications

Turion 64 MK-38 and Celeron 1020M 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Base clock speedno data2.1 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz2.1 GHz
Bus rate800 MHz5 GT/s
L1 cacheno data64K (per core)
L2 cacheno data256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nm22 nm
Die sizeno data118 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data1,400 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 MK-38 and Celeron 1020M 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 configurationno data1
Socketno dataFCPGA988
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 MK-38 and Celeron 1020M. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Turion 64 MK-38 and Celeron 1020M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 MK-38 and Celeron 1020M are enumerated here.

VT-dno data-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 MK-38 and Celeron 1020M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data25.6 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel® Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion 64 MK-38 and Celeron 1020M integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion 64 MK-38 and Celeron 1020M.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 90 nm 22 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 35 Watt

Turion 64 MK-38 has 12.9% lower power consumption.

Celeron 1020M, on the other hand, has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 309.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Turion 64 MK-38 and Celeron 1020M. We've got no test results to judge.


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