i3-6100E vs Turion X2 RM-72

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Turion X2 RM-72 Turion X2 RM-72
i3-6100E i3-6100E

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 RM-72 and Core i3-6100E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1877
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.19
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD TurionIntel Core i3
Power efficiencyno data5.65
Architecture codenamePuma (2008−2009)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)12 October 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$225

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Turion X2 RM-72 and Core i3-6100E 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)
Threads24
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz2.7 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate3600 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data27
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB3 MB
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data98.57 mm2
Number of transistorsno data1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 RM-72 and Core i3-6100E 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 configuration11 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1no data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 RM-72 and Core i3-6100E. 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
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
TSX-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 RM-72 and Core i3-6100E are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 RM-72 and Core i3-6100E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataLPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 530

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion X2 RM-72 and Core i3-6100E.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary

Recency 1 January 2009 12 October 2015
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm

i3-6100E has an age advantage of 6 years, 100% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Turion X2 RM-72 and Core i3-6100E. We've got no test results to judge.

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