Turion II M540 vs A8-7100

Primary details

Comparing A8-7100 and Turion II M540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2436	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Kaveri	AMD Turion II
Power efficiency	5.14	no data
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-7100 and Turion II M540 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	1 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Die size	245 mm2	no data
Number of transistors	2410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-7100 and Turion II M540 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.

Socket	FP3	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-7100 and Turion II M540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
FRTC	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	+
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	-
HSA	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-7100 and Turion II M540 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	-
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-7100 and Turion II M540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1600	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	4	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-7100 and Turion II M540 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-7100 and Turion II M540 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-7100 and Turion II M540.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	4 June 2014	10 September 2009
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	35 Watt

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