AMD Turion 62 X2 Dual-Core
May 17th, 2006 
AMD has launched the Turion 64 X2 dual-core 64-bit mobile processor. The processor is based on the AMD K8 core which is extremely successful on Athlon 64 and Opteron series. Turion 64 X2 processors build upon K8s feature set with Multi-core Power Management, AMD Digital Media Xpress, and AMD Virtualization. More info after the jump.
Turion 64 X2 models TL-50, TL-52, TL-56, and TL-60 are available immediately worldwide. Unfortunately, AMD did not release the specifications of each model. However, based on previously leaked information, all the models probably have a TDP of 35W. The table below lists AMDs offical Turion 64 X2 bulk pricing as well as our estimates for clock speed and L2 cache sizes.
| Model Number |
Cost
|
Estimated Clock Speed
|
Estimated L2 Cache Size
|
| TL-60 |
$354
|
2.0GHz
|
2×512KB
|
| TL-56 |
$263
|
1.8GHz
|
2×512KB
|
| TL-52 |
$220
|
1.6GHz
|
2×512KB
|
| TL-50 |
$184
|
1.6GHz
|
2×256KB
|
[Via PressReleased]
