Turion II M540 vs Core 2 Duo T9300

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo T9300 and Turion II M540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2414	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
Power efficiency	2.84	no data
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	10 January 2008 (16 years ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$316	no data

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo T9300 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	2.5 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	800 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	6 MB	1 MB
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	107 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	1V-1.25V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo T9300 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	BGA479,PGA478	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 T9300 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
Idle States	+	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo T9300 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 T9300 and Turion II M540 are enumerated here.

VT-x

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no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency

10 January 2008

10 September 2009

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