Turion X2 RM-75 vs i7-2840QM

Primary details

Comparing Core i7-2840QM and Turion X2 RM-75 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1763not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core i72x AMD Turion
Power efficiency5.09no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Lion (2008−2009)
Release date4 September 2011 (13 years ago)1 January 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core i7-2840QM and Turion X2 RM-75 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads82
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz2.2 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0no data
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/s4000 MHz
Multiplier24no data
L1 cache256 KB256 KB
L2 cache1 MB1 MB
L3 cache8 MB0 KB
Chip lithography32 nm65 nm
Die size216 mm2no data
Number of transistors1160 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Core i7-2840QM and Turion X2 RM-75 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
SocketSocket G2S1
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i7-2840QM and Turion X2 RM-75. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
AES-NI+-
FMA+-
AVX+-
PowerNow-+
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data

Security technologies

Core i7-2840QM and Turion X2 RM-75 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i7-2840QM and Turion X2 RM-75 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i7-2840QM and Turion X2 RM-75. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Maximum memory bandwidth25.598 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics 3000no 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.



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.

i7-2840QM 3842
+473%
Turion X2 RM-75 670

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 September 2011 1 January 2009
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 2
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt

i7-2840QM has an age advantage of 2 years, 100% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

Turion X2 RM-75, on the other hand, has 28.6% lower power consumption.

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