Celeron T3000 vs Turion X2 RM-72

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 RM-72 and Celeron T3000 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Turionno data
Architecture codenamePuma (2008−2009)no data
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)1 April 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 RM-72 and Celeron T3000 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
Base clock speedno data1.8 GHz
Boost clock speed2.1 GHzno data
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache256 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cache0 KB1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography65 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage rangeno data1V-1.25V

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 RM-72 and Celeron T3000 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 configuration1no data
SocketS1PGA478
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 RM-72 and Celeron T3000. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-

Security technologies

Turion X2 RM-72 and Celeron T3000 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 RM-72 and Celeron T3000 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 January 2009 1 April 2009
Chip lithography 65 nm 45 nm

Celeron T3000 has an age advantage of 3 months, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Turion X2 RM-72 and Celeron T3000. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Turion X2 RM-72
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