Pentium M 738 vs Turion II P520

Place in the ranking	2867	3326
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Turion II	Pentium M
Power efficiency	1.93	1.23
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Dothan (2004−2005)
Release date	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)	no data (2024 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II P520 and Pentium M 738 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)	1 (Single-Core)
Threads	2	1
Boost clock speed	2.3 GHz	1.4 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	400 MHz
L1 cache	128 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	90 nm
64 bit support	+	-
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P520 and Pentium M 738 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	S1 (S1g4)	no data
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P520 and Pentium M 738. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P520 and Pentium M 738 are enumerated here.

AMD-V

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P520 and Pentium M 738. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

DDR3

no 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.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Turion II P520 0.51
+292%

Pentium M 738 0.13

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Turion II P520 33.7
+280%

Pentium M 738 128

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.51	0.13
Physical cores	2	1
Threads	2	1
Chip lithography	45 nm	90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	10 Watt

Turion II P520 has a 292.3% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Pentium M 738, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Turion II P520 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium M 738 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P520 and Pentium M 738, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.