Turion 64 X2 TL-53 vs Pentium N3540

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Primary details

Comparing Pentium N3540 and Turion 64 X2 TL-53 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2645not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Pentium2x AMD Turion 64
Power efficiency9.59no data
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Tyler (2007−2009)
Release date22 May 2014 (10 years ago)13 April 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$251no data

Detailed specifications

Pentium N3540 and Turion 64 X2 TL-53 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)
Threads42
Base clock speed2.16 GHzno data
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz1.7 GHz
Bus rateno data800 MHz
L1 cache224 KB256 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
L3 cache2 MB L2 Cacheno data
Chip lithography22 nm65 nm
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium N3540 and Turion 64 X2 TL-53 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
SocketFCBGA1170no data
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt31 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium N3540 and Turion 64 X2 TL-53. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataMMX, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, AMD64, PowerNow!, NX-Bit
PowerNow-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Smart Connect+no data

Security technologies

Pentium N3540 and Turion 64 X2 TL-53 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium N3540 and Turion 64 X2 TL-53 are enumerated here.

VT-d-no data
VT-x+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium N3540 and Turion 64 X2 TL-53. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3L-1333no data
Maximum memory size8 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21.32 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for Intel Atom Processor Z3700 Seriesno data
Quick Sync Video+-
Graphics max frequency896 MHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium N3540 and Turion 64 X2 TL-53 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported2no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium N3540 and Turion 64 X2 TL-53 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX11.2no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium N3540 and Turion 64 X2 TL-53.

PCIe version2.0no data
PCI Express lanes4no data
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 May 2014 13 April 2007
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 4 2
Chip lithography 22 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 31 Watt

Pentium N3540 has an age advantage of 7 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 195.5% more advanced lithography process, and 342.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Pentium N3540 and Turion 64 X2 TL-53. We've got no test results to judge.


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