Athlon II X2 245 vs Turion II M520

Primary details

Comparing Turion II M520 and Athlon II X2 245 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2818	2694
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	5.89
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	AMD Turion II	no data
Power efficiency	1.51	1.02
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Regor (2009−2013)
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)	23 July 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$35

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Turion II M520 and Athlon II X2 245 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	2
Base clock speed	no data	2.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	2.9 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	128 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	no data	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	no data	117 mm2
Number of transistors	no data	410 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Turion II M520 and Athlon II X2 245 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	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin	AM3
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M520 and Athlon II X2 245. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization	no data
PowerNow	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M520 and Athlon II X2 245. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

On certain motherboards (Chipset feature)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M520 and Athlon II X2 245.

PCIe version

no data

2.0

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.58	0.73
Recency	10 September 2009	23 July 2009
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	65 Watt

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