AMD Athlon? 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TK-53

Just thought this might be interesting:

I have come across something new, and I haven't heard much news about it? Anybody have some information? Or is the another thing like Intel's late announcement of Pentium Dual-Core.

I found this one on HP's AMD models:

EDIT: Sorry if my pictures are blurry, this is the first time I tried uploading pictures.



Also, I found this one on Dell's E1501:



I searched AMD's website, but to my dismay, I found nothing, although my hunch is that this new Athlon chip is using 65nm technology?

 

never heard of that processor before. must be a budget conscience processor considering it has 512kb of cache but clocked at 1.7ghz

 

Maybe AMD is following Intel's reuse of the Pentium branding?

 

Looks like a TL-50 clocked at 1.7GHz and 65nm. But if you are to go by AMD's processor model number methodology the K in the TK indicates that it might comsume slightly more power than regular Turion TL series processors.

 

looks like a tl-52 clocked at 1.7ghz, not tl-50 cuz that only has 256k cache

 

the tl-50 has 2 x 256KB and the tl-52 has 2 x 512KB.

 

way ot but your sig speed test is mediocre... not good speeds at all.

 

I think this may help u guys...

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=515071

I searched a total of 2 days and could find only this about this...can u help me out about this processor as am plannin to buty compaq 3425Au which uses this processor hence i wanted to know about it

 

Its basically a re-branded Turion X2. Built on the 65nm process and from the CPU-Z screen shots from the above link runs at the same voltage as the Turion X2's except they idle at 0.9V@ 800MHz compared to the 0.8V@800MHz for the 90nm Turion X2's but the max voltages are the same for both. So power consumption wise it should be equal to the TX2's. Not a bad processor and it should slot in between the TL-56 and the TL-52. The TK-53 seems to replace the lower clock speed Turion TL-50/52.

 

so do u think its worth buyin...can u please tell me where is it placed when compared to intel processors.

 

Well, depends on your uses. It is fine for home/school/basic general everyday use. It would be about as fast as a 1.6/1.7Ghz Core Duo/Pentium Dual Core. The Core 2 Duo's are going to be generally faster than the TK53.

 

Sorry for bumping this thread. I want buy a new laptop soon which will be good enough for most office tasks and low on price too. I came across a few AMD laptops from Dell & Acer with this TK-53 processor.

My primary concern is battery life. Should I prefer TK-53 on 7000m chipset or Core Duo on 945GM chipset. It should be agood balance of battery life and performance.

I found another CPUZ screenshot for TK-53 on AC power at this website.



They've done a review for Acer Aspire 4520 laptop which is one of the laptops I'm eying on.

Please reply to my query, sorry if asked at the wrong place.

 

My dad has it on his Inspiron 1501 and from the tests I did, I'm REALLY disapointed.

System Requierement Lab makes it a 4.4ghz Pentium 4, wich is kinda nice imo

I don't know what the problem is but the computer is noticeably slower than my desktop (Sempron 3100+, 1GB DDR 400, the lapop has 1GB DDR2 553).

I suspect it's Dell's sh!t. On task manager, both cores are ALWAYS at atlest 50% usage


The laptop has about a 2 hours batery on a 6cell with 33% brightness. The card is a Radeon Xpress 1100.

But when I think about it: The Athlon TK53 has 256kb cache on each core, as my Sempron. Both are made on the K8 architecture and my sempron is running 100mhz higher. So My Sempron should be about the same...

 

You aint going to get the full power of the processor if some program is hogging the cpu resources. So, I dont how you came to that conclusion that the cpu was slower than your Sempron given the circumstances. Ofcourse in single threaded applications the TK-53 is pretty much going to be on par or slightly slower than your 3100+ but given the extra core it will definately be faster in multi threaded applications and even in single threaded applications.

Since you mention just basic office work, general applications then you should be fine with either the Core Duo or the Athlon/Turion X2. What Core Duo model are you comparing the TK53 aganist. In many cases the TK-53 will be ofer around the same performance as a similarly clocked Core Duo. The Intel solution is going to offer better battery life but that depends a largely on the capacity of the battery. The 945 chipset includes the GMA950 graphics which is fine for Windows Aero but general use but if you want to even a bt of mild gaming then the 7150M would offer relatively speaking better performance. Ofcourse the 7000M series is still an integrated GPU and are still underpowered for any sort of gaming use.