Pentium E5500 vs Turion II M520
Aggregate performance score
Pentium E5500 outperforms Turion II M520 by a moderate 16% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Turion II M520 and Pentium E5500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2826 | 2746 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 0.04 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop processor |
| Series | AMD Turion II | no data |
| Power efficiency | 1.51 | 0.95 |
| Architecture codename | Caspian (2009) | Wolfdale (2008−2010) |
| Release date | 10 September 2009 (15 years ago) | 18 April 2010 (14 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $109 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Turion II M520 and Pentium E5500 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | no data | 2.8 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2.3 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | no data |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 2 MB (shared) |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | no data | 82 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 74 °C |
| Number of transistors | no data | 228 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| VID voltage range | no data | 0.85V-1.3625V |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II M520 and Pentium E5500 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 | no data | 1 |
| Socket | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin | LGA775 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M520 and Pentium E5500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization | no data |
| PowerNow | + | - |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | - |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | - |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
| Demand Based Switching | no data | - |
Security technologies
Turion II M520 and Pentium E5500 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 Turion II M520 and Pentium E5500 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | no data | - |
| VT-x | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M520 and Pentium E5500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | no data | DDR1, DDR2, DDR3 |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II M520 and Pentium E5500.
| PCIe version | no data | 2.0 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.56 | 0.65 |
| Recency | 10 September 2009 | 18 April 2010 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 65 Watt |
Turion II M520 has 85.7% lower power consumption.
Pentium E5500, on the other hand, has a 16.1% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 7 months.
The Pentium E5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II M520 in performance tests.
Be aware that Turion II M520 is a notebook processor while Pentium E5500 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II M520 and Pentium E5500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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