PRO A12-9830B vs Turion 64 X2 TL-60

Primary details

Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and PRO A12-9830B processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2918	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	2x AMD Turion 64	AMD Bristol Ridge
Power efficiency	1.24	no data
Architecture codename	Trinidad/Tyler (2007)	Bristol Ridge (2016−2019)
Release date	4 May 2007 (17 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and PRO A12-9830B 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)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	2	4
Base clock speed	no data	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	no data
L2 cache	1 MB	2048 KB
Chip lithography	90 nm	28 nm
Die size	147 mm2	250 mm2
Maximum core temperature	95 °C	90 °C
Number of transistors	154 Million	3100 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and PRO A12-9830B 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	S1	FP4
Power consumption (TDP)	35/31 Watt	25-45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and PRO A12-9830B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	90/65 nm, 1.075	no data
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	FMA4
AVX	-	AVX
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	-	+
RAID	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and PRO A12-9830B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and PRO A12-9830B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	no data	DDR3, DDR4
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	8
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and PRO A12-9830B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-60 and PRO A12-9830B.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	8

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 May 2007	1 June 2016
Physical cores	2	4
Threads	2	4
Chip lithography	90 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	25 Watt

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