Athlon 3000G vs Turion 64 X2 TL-50
Primary details
Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 3000G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 1645 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 5.27 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | 2x AMD Turion 64 | AMD Athlon |
| Architecture codename | Taylor (2006) | Zen+ (2018−2019) |
| Release date | 17 May 2006 (18 years ago) | 7 November 2019 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $154 | $49 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 3000G 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 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | PCIe 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 35 |
| L1 cache | no data | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 147 mm2 | 209.78 mm2? |
| Number of transistors | 154 Million | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | - | + |
Compatibility
Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 3000G 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 | no data | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | S1 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 3000G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | SSE(1,2,3), AMD64 | no data |
| AES-NI | - | + |
| AVX | - | + |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 3000G are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | - | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 3000G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | no data | 64 GB? |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | no data | 42.671 GB/s |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 3000G.
| PCIe version | no data | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 6 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 May 2006 | 7 November 2019 |
| Threads | 2 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 35 Watt |
Turion 64 X2 TL-50 has 12.9% lower power consumption.
Athlon 3000G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 13 years, 100% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 3000G. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Turion 64 X2 TL-50 is a notebook processor while Athlon 3000G is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 3000G, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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