Turion II M540 vs Core 2 Duo T5800

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T5800 and Turion II M540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	AMD Turion II
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	1 October 2008 (16 years ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T5800 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	2 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	2 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
Die size	143 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	291 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1.075V-1.175V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T5800 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	PPGA478	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo T5800 and Turion II M540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
AMT	+	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T5800 and Turion II M540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo T5800 and Turion II M540 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	1 October 2008	10 September 2009
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm

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