Atom D2700 vs Turion II P540

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II P540
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.60
+107%
Atom D2700
2011
2 cores / 4 threads, 10 Watt
0.29

Turion II P540 outperforms Atom D2700 by a whopping 107% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P540 and Atom D2700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28063128
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIIntel Atom
Power efficiency2.272.74
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Cedarview (2011−2012)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 November 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$52

Detailed specifications

Turion II P540 and Atom D2700 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)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data2.13 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz0.13 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KB64 KB (per core)
L2 cache2 MB512K (per core)
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data66 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data176 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P540 and Atom D2700 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 configurationno data1
SocketS1 (S1g4)FCBGA559
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt10 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P540 and Atom D2700. 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 3.0Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
PAEno data36 Bit
AMTno data-
HD Audiono data+

Security technologies

Turion II P540 and Atom D2700 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P540 and Atom D2700 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data-
VT-xno data-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P540 and Atom D2700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data4 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 (640 MHz)

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion II P540 and Atom D2700 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II P540 and Atom D2700.

PCI Express lanesno data4
Total number of SATA portsno data2
Number of USB portsno data8

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 P540 0.60
+107%
Atom D2700 0.29

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Turion II P540 954
+109%
Atom D2700 456

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Turion II P540 281
+149%
Atom D2700 113

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Turion II P540 521
+63.8%
Atom D2700 318

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 P540 2047
+78.3%
Atom D2700 1148

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.60 0.29
Recency 12 May 2010 1 November 2011
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 10 Watt

Turion II P540 has a 106.9% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom D2700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, 100% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

The Turion II P540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom D2700 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P540 and Atom D2700, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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