i3-8121U vs Turion X2 RM-74

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Turion X2 RM-74 Turion X2 RM-74
i3-8121U i3-8121U

Primary details

Comparing Turion X2 RM-74 and Core i3-8121U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated1664
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD TurionIntel Core i3
Power efficiencyno data17.47
Architecture codenameLion (2008−2009)Coffee Lake-U (2018−2019)
Release date1 January 2009 (15 years ago)15 May 2018 (6 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion X2 RM-74 and Core i3-8121U 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
Base clock speedno data2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.2 GHz3.2 GHz
Bus typeno dataOPI
Bus rate3600 MHz4 GT/s
Multiplierno data22
L1 cache256 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cache0 KB4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm10 nm
Die sizeno data123 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion X2 RM-74 and Core i3-8121U 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)
SocketS1Intel BGA1440
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion X2 RM-74 and Core i3-8121U. 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 VirtualizationIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
PowerNow+-
vProno data-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
QuickAssistno data-
Speed Shiftno data+
My WiFino data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Smart Responseno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
Statusno dataLaunched
HD Audiono data+
RSTno data+

Security technologies

Turion X2 RM-74 and Core i3-8121U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion X2 RM-74 and Core i3-8121U are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion X2 RM-74 and Core i3-8121U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR4
Maximum memory sizeno data32 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data38.397 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIris Pro Plus

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion X2 RM-74 and Core i3-8121U.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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 X2 RM-74 1561
i3-8121U 4314
+176%

Pros & cons summary

Recency 1 January 2009 15 May 2018
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 15 Watt

i3-8121U has an age advantage of 9 years, 100% more threads, a 550% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Turion X2 RM-74 and Core i3-8121U. We've got no test results to judge.

Should you still have questions on choice between Turion X2 RM-74 and Core i3-8121U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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Community ratings

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