Celeron G3900E vs Turion II M520

Aggregate performance score

Turion II M520
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.58
Celeron G3900E
2016
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
1.33
+129%

Celeron G3900E outperforms Turion II M520 by a whopping 129% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28182269
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.13
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIIntel Celeron
Power efficiency1.513.47
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)Skylake (2015−2016)
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)2 January 2016 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$107

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E 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)
Threads22
Boost clock speed2.3 GHz2.4 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate3600 MHz4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data24
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache1 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data2 MB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Die sizeno data98.57 mm2
Number of transistorsno data1750 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E 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)
SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pinno data
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualizationno data
AES-NI-+
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataLPDDR3-1866
Maximum memory sizeno data64 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics 510

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M520 and Celeron G3900E.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.58 1.33
Recency 10 September 2009 2 January 2016
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm

Celeron G3900E has a 129.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Celeron G3900E is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II M520 in performance tests.


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