Turion II M520 vs Ryzen 9 PRO 7945

Place in the ranking	140	2826
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	no data	AMD Turion II
Power efficiency	43.84	1.51
Architecture codename	Raphael (2023−2024)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	13 June 2023 (1 year ago)	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 and Turion II M520 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	24	2
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	5.4 GHz	2.3 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB (per core)	128 KB
L2 cache	1 MB (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	64 MB (shared)	no data
Chip lithography	5 nm	45 nm
Die size	2x 71 mm²	no data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	47 °C	no data
Number of transistors	13,140 million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	no data	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 and Turion II M520 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 configuration	1	no data
Socket	AM5	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 and Turion II M520. 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
AES-NI	+	-
AVX	+	-
PowerNow	-	+
Precision Boost 2	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 and Turion II M520 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 and Turion II M520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR5

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Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon Graphics

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Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 and Turion II M520.

PCIe version	5.0	no data
PCI Express lanes	24	no data

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	30.11	0.56
Recency	13 June 2023	10 September 2009
Physical cores	12	2
Threads	24	2
Chip lithography	5 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	35 Watt

Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 has a 5276.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.

Turion II M520, on the other hand, has 85.7% lower power consumption.

The Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II M520 in performance tests.

Be aware that Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 is a server/workstation processor while Turion II M520 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 and Turion II M520, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.