Pentium T4200 vs Turion II M520

Aggregate performance score

Turion II M520
2009
2 cores / 2 threads, 35 Watt
0.56
+24.4%

Turion II M520 outperforms Pentium T4200 by a significant 24% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II M520 and Pentium T4200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28272933
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIno data
Power efficiency1.511.22
Architecture codenameCaspian (2009)no data
Release date10 September 2009 (15 years ago)1 January 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II M520 and Pentium T4200 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)no data
Threads2no data
Base clock speedno data2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.3 GHzno data
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache1 MBno data
L3 cacheno data1 MB L2 Cache
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II M520 and Pentium T4200 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.

SocketSocket S1 (s1g3) 638-pinPGA478
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M520 and Pentium T4200. 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
PowerNow+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FSB parityno data-

Security technologies

Turion II M520 and Pentium T4200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M520 and Pentium T4200 are enumerated here.

VT-xno data-

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.56 0.45
Recency 10 September 2009 1 January 2009

Turion II M520 has a 24.4% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 8 months.

The Turion II M520 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium T4200 in performance tests.


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