Athlon 600 vs Turion 64 X2 TL-50
Primary details
Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 600 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 | Desktop processor |
| Series | 2x AMD Turion 64 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Taylor (2006) | Thunderbird (1999−2000) |
| Release date | 17 May 2006 (18 years ago) | 29 November 1999 (24 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $154 | no data |
Detailed specifications
Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 600 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Boost clock speed | 1.6 GHz | 0.6 GHz |
| Bus rate | 800 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | no data | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB | 512 KB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 147 mm2 | 102 mm2 |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | no data | 70 °C |
| Number of transistors | 154 Million | 22 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 600 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 |
| Socket | S1 | A |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 28 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 600. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | SSE(1,2,3), AMD64 | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 600. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR1 |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 May 2006 | 29 November 1999 |
| Physical cores | 2 | 1 |
| Threads | 2 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 31 Watt | 28 Watt |
Turion 64 X2 TL-50 has an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon 600, on the other hand, has 10.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 600. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Turion 64 X2 TL-50 is a notebook processor while Athlon 600 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion 64 X2 TL-50 and Athlon 600, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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