Core 2 Duo SP7500 vs Turion II P520

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P520 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2838not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIIntel Core 2 Duo
Power efficiency1.93no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Merom (2006−2008)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)15 January 2008 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II P520 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 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 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz800 MHz
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB4 MB
Chip lithography45 nm65 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P520 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 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.

SocketS1 (S1g4)no data
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt20 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Core 2 Duo SP7500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0no data
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P520 and Core 2 Duo SP7500 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P520 and Core 2 Duo SP7500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Turion II P520 2047
+15.9%
Core 2 Duo SP7500 1766

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Turion II P520 3969
+42.7%
Core 2 Duo SP7500 2781

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Turion II P520 1863
+89.7%
Core 2 Duo SP7500 982

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 15 January 2008
Chip lithography 45 nm 65 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 20 Watt

Turion II P520 has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 44.4% more advanced lithography process.

Core 2 Duo SP7500, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Turion II P520 and Core 2 Duo SP7500. We've got no test results to judge.


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