Difference Between "Turbo Boost" and "Turbo Boost 2.0?"

Roadsguy

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I was wondering if there's a difference between "Turbo Boost" and "Turbo Boost 2.0?" It seems that they're used interchangeably, but I wanted to make sure before I potentially got a CPU and mobo that are incompatible!
 
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In short no there isn't a difference from the board's perspective, if it supports 2.0 it will support regular turbo boost. I think its just a bit of a marketing ploy to say "hey its more boosty (not a word, deal with it lol)"

Supahos

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Turbo boost 2.0 (seems) to only be on haswell rigs, from what I've seen its only on mobile processors... Havn't seen the term used on a desktop processor yet, so if you're building a desktop rig be sure if you see turbo boost 2.0 that it isn't a mobile processor.

From what I saw whenI bought my laptop it seemed most of the Turbo boost were around .5~.6 ghz, and the 2.0 boot was 1ghz.
 

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Actually, it was the mobo that said 2.0 (this one as an example; see Specs -> Supported CPU tech). Is this just people messing up the terms? This is definitely a desktop mobo.
 

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In short no there isn't a difference from the board's perspective, if it supports 2.0 it will support regular turbo boost. I think its just a bit of a marketing ploy to say "hey its more boosty (not a word, deal with it lol)"
 
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