Turion II P560 vs Pentium M 780

Primary details

Comparing Pentium M 780 and Turion II P560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

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Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesPentium MAMD Turion II
Power efficiencyno data2.08
Architecture codenameDothan (2004−2005)Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date25 July 2005 (19 years ago)19 October 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium M 780 and Turion II P560 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads12
Base clock speed2.26 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.03 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rate533 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache32 KB265 KB
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography90 nm45 nm
Die size87 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors144 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range1.26V-1.404Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium M 780 and Turion II P560 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 configuration1no data
SocketPPGA478, H-PBGA479S1
Power consumption (TDP)27 Watt25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium M 780 and Turion II P560. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
VirusProtect-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Pentium M 780 and Turion II P560 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 Pentium M 780 and Turion II P560 are enumerated here.

AMD-V-+
VT-x-no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium M 780 and Turion II P560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardOn certain motherboards (Chipset feature)no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 July 2005 19 October 2010
Physical cores 1 2
Threads 1 2
Chip lithography 90 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 27 Watt 25 Watt

Turion II P560 has an age advantage of 5 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 8% lower power consumption.

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