Turion II Neo K665 vs Turion II M540

Primary details

Comparing Turion II M540 and Turion II Neo K665 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Turion II	AMD Turion II Neo
Architecture codename	Caspian (2009)	Geneva (2010)
Release date	10 September 2009 (15 years ago)	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II M540 and Turion II Neo K665 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
Boost clock speed	2.4 GHz	1.7 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	3200 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	256 KB
L2 cache	1 MB	1 MB
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Turion II M540 and Turion II Neo K665 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.

Socket	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin	S1g4
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II M540 and Turion II Neo K665. 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	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization
PowerNow	+	-
VirusProtect	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II M540 and Turion II Neo K665 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II M540 and Turion II Neo K665. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

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DDR3

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	10 September 2009	12 May 2010
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	15 Watt

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