To choose between AMD Athlon and AMD Turion, rate them on the comparison parameters by entering scores (+ve or -ve) in the comparison tool.
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Mainly Desktops, TK-53 dual-core processor in notebooks(HP dv9408,HP dv6402)
Notebooks (Mobile environment like WiFi,Power Management)
Performance:
Lower as compared to Turion
Higher as compared to Athlon
L1 Memory Cache:
64 KB instruction,64 KB data
64 KB instruction,64 KB data
Competitor:
Pentium Mobile
AMD's Athlon and Turion series of processors have grown very popular in the recent past. Both Athlon and Turion are a series or category of processors. When comparing processors, it is more relevant to compare specific processors rather than processor families. For example, see Comparison of AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-core TK-57 with AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-core Mobile TL-60. Other processors can be compared at the Compare Processors page on Diffen.
Turion 64 has a lower power consumption than Athlon 64. The Athlon processor family was originally designed for desktops and Turion for laptops, which is why the Turion family is more energy efficient. However, both families were later used for both desktops and laptops.
