Ryzen 5 5600U vs Turion II P520

Aggregate performance score

Turion II P520
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.51
Ryzen 5 5600U
2021
6 cores / 12 threads, 15 Watt
9.71
+1804%

Ryzen 5 5600U outperforms Turion II P520 by a whopping 1804% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P520 and Ryzen 5 5600U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2866786
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency1.9361.26
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Cezanne-U (Zen 3) (2021)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II P520 and Ryzen 5 5600U 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 data2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
Multiplierno data23
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data16 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm7 nm
Die sizeno data180 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P520 and Ryzen 5 5600U 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
SocketS1 (S1g4)FP6
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Ryzen 5 5600U. 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, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P520 and Ryzen 5 5600U are enumerated here.

AMD-V++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P520 and Ryzen 5 5600U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon Vega 7

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II P520 and Ryzen 5 5600U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data8

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
Ryzen 5 5600U 9.71
+1804%

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
Ryzen 5 5600U 15417
+1799%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Turion II P520 289
Ryzen 5 5600U 1629
+464%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Turion II P520 522
Ryzen 5 5600U 5796
+1010%

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 II P520 2047
Ryzen 5 5600U 2866
+40%

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 II P520 3969
Ryzen 5 5600U 28347
+614%

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 II P520 1863
Ryzen 5 5600U 11308
+507%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Turion II P520 33.7
Ryzen 5 5600U 5.38
+526%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Turion II P520 1
Ryzen 5 5600U 15
+1011%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.51 9.71
Recency 12 May 2010 12 January 2021
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Chip lithography 45 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 15 Watt

Ryzen 5 5600U has a 1803.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 5 5600U is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II P520 in performance tests.


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