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
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 |
A8-7100 has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 84.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between A8-7100 and Turion II M540. We've got no test results to judge.
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