Athlon II N370 vs Turion II P520

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II P520
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.51
Athlon II N370
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.57
+11.8%

Athlon II N370 outperforms Turion II P520 by a moderate 12% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P520 and Athlon II N370 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28802834
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIAMD Athlon II
Power efficiency1.931.54
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)16 December 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II P520 and Athlon II N370 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)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz3200 MHz
L1 cache128 KB256 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die sizeno data117.5 mm2
Number of transistorsno data234 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P520 and Athlon II N370 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.

SocketS1 (S1g4)S1
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Athlon II N370. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0MMX, 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
VirusProtect++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P520 and Athlon II N370 are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P520 and Athlon II N370. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Turion II P520 0.51
Athlon II N370 0.57
+11.8%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Turion II P520 812
Athlon II N370 899
+10.7%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.51 0.57
Recency 12 May 2010 16 December 2010
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt

Turion II P520 has 40% lower power consumption.

Athlon II N370, on the other hand, has a 11.8% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 7 months.

The Athlon II N370 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II P520 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P520 and Athlon II N370, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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