i5-2540LM vs Turion 64 X2 TL-62

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Primary details

Comparing Turion 64 X2 TL-62 and Core i5-2540LM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2979not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Series2x AMD Turion 64Intel Core i5
Power efficiency1.16no data
Architecture codenameTyler (2007−2009)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date13 April 2007 (17 years ago)no data

Detailed specifications

Turion 64 X2 TL-62 and Core i5-2540LM 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads24
Boost clock speed2.1 GHz1.8 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate800 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data18
L1 cacheno data128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data3 MB
Chip lithography65 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data149 mm2
Number of transistorsno data624 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion 64 X2 TL-62 and Core i5-2540LM 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 configurationno data1 (Uniprocessor)
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-62 and Core i5-2540LM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions2x 512 KB Level2 Cacheno data
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

Turion 64 X2 TL-62 and Core i5-2540LM technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-62 and Core i5-2540LM are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion 64 X2 TL-62 and Core i5-2540LM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR3-1333
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 3000

Pros & cons summary


Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 65 nm 32 nm

i5-2540LM has 100% more threads, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

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