Turion II P520 vs Atom C3538

Place in the ranking	2361	2880
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.04	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Turion II
Power efficiency	7.50	1.93
Architecture codename	Goldmont (2016−2017)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	15 August 2017 (7 years ago)	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$75	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

no data

Detailed specifications

Atom C3538 and Turion II P520 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	2.1 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.1 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
Multiplier	21	no data
L1 cache	224 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	8 MB	no data
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Maximum core temperature	87 °C	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Atom C3538 and Turion II P520 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.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	1 (Uniprocessor)	no data
Socket	FCBGA1310	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom C3538 and Turion II P520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
AES-NI	+	-
VirusProtect	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
QuickAssist	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom C3538 and Turion II P520 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB	+	no data
Secure Boot	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
SGX	-	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom C3538 and Turion II P520 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	-	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom C3538 and Turion II P520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4: 2133	DDR3
Maximum memory size	256 GB	no data
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	29.871 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom C3538 and Turion II P520.

PCIe version	3	no data
PCI Express lanes	12	no data
USB revision	3	no data
Total number of SATA ports	12	no data
Max number of SATA 6 Gb/s Ports	12	no data
Number of USB ports	8	no data
Integrated LAN	2x10/2.5/1 GBE + 2x2.5/1 GBE	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Atom C3538 1.19
+133%

Turion II P520 0.51

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Atom C3538 1889
+133%

Turion II P520 812

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Atom C3538 255

Turion II P520 289
+13.3%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Atom C3538 895
+71.5%

Turion II P520 522

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.19	0.51
Recency	15 August 2017	12 May 2010
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	14 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt

Atom C3538 has a 133.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The Atom C3538 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II P520 in performance tests.

Be aware that Atom C3538 is a server/workstation processor while Turion II P520 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Atom C3538 and Turion II P520, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.