Ryzen 5 9600X vs Turion 64 X2 TL-66

Primary details

Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-66 and Ryzen 5 9600X processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated303
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data51.35
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Series2x AMD Turion 64no data
Power efficiencyno data27.59
Architecture codenameBrisbane (2007−2008)Granite Ridge (2024)
Release date13 April 2007 (17 years ago)8 August 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$279

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Turion 64 X2 TL-66 and Ryzen 5 9600X 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 cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz5.4 GHz
Bus rate800 MHzno data
L1 cacheno data80 KB (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cacheno data32 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm4 nm
Die sizeno data70.6 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data95 °C
Number of transistorsno data8,315 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-66 and Ryzen 5 9600X 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 dataAM5
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-66 and Ryzen 5 9600X. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataSMT, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3, MMX (+), SHA, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Precision Boost 2no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-66 and Ryzen 5 9600X are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-66 and Ryzen 5 9600X. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Graphics

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-66 and Ryzen 5 9600X.

PCIe versionno data5.0
PCI Express lanesno data24

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Turion 64 X2 TL-66 1808
Ryzen 5 9600X 9324
+416%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Turion 64 X2 TL-66 2977
Ryzen 5 9600X 54599
+1734%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Turion 64 X2 TL-66 1266
Ryzen 5 9600X 17706
+1299%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 April 2007 8 August 2024
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 65 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 65 Watt

Turion 64 X2 TL-66 has 85.7% lower power consumption.

Ryzen 5 9600X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 17 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, and a 1525% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Turion 64 X2 TL-66 and Ryzen 5 9600X. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Turion 64 X2 TL-66 is a notebook processor while Ryzen 5 9600X is a desktop one.


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