Turion II Ultra M640 vs A10-8700P

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Primary details

Comparing A10-8700P and Turion II Ultra M640 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2213not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD CarrizoAMD Turion II Ultra
Power efficiency3.81no data
Architecture codenameCarrizo (2015−2018)Caspian (2009)
Release date3 June 2015 (9 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A10-8700P and Turion II Ultra M640 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads42
Base clock speed1.8 GHzno data
Boost clock speed3.2 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus rateno data3600 MHz
L2 cache2048 KB2 MB
Chip lithography28 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors3100 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on A10-8700P and Turion II Ultra M640 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.

SocketFP4Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)12 - 35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A10-8700P and Turion II Ultra M640. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsHSA 1.0MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI+-
FMAFMA4-
AVXAVX-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
DualGraphics+-
TrueAudio+-
PowerNow++
PowerGating+-
Out-of-band client management+-
VirusProtect+-
HSA+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A10-8700P and Turion II Ultra M640 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
IOMMU 2.0+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A10-8700P and Turion II Ultra M640. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-2133DDR2
Max memory channels2no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardAMD Radeon R6 Graphicsno data
iGPU core count6no data
Enduro+-
Switchable graphics+-
UVD+-
VCE+-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A10-8700P and Turion II Ultra M640 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort+-
HDMI+-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A10-8700P and Turion II Ultra M640 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXDirectX® 12no data
Vulkan+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A10-8700P and Turion II Ultra M640.

PCIe version3.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 June 2015 10 September 2009
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 28 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 35 Watt

A10-8700P has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 191.7% lower power consumption.

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