Atom x5-Z8300 vs Turion II P540

Aggregate performance score

Turion II P540
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.60
+17.6%

Turion II P540 outperforms Atom x5-Z8300 by a moderate 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P540 and Atom x5-Z8300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27912865
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion II5x Intel Atom
Power efficiency2.27no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Cherry Trail (2015−2016)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)2 March 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II P540 and Atom x5-Z8300 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)4 (Quad-Core)
Threads24
Base clock speedno data1.44 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.84 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHzno data
L1 cache128 KBno data
L2 cache2 MB2 MB
L3 cacheno data0 KB
Chip lithography45 nm14 nm
Maximum core temperatureno data90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P540 and Atom x5-Z8300 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 (Uniprocessor)
SocketS1 (S1g4)UTFCBGA592
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattno data

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P540 and Atom x5-Z8300. 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
AES-NI-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+

Security technologies

Turion II P540 and Atom x5-Z8300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

Secure Bootno data+
Identity Protection-+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P540 and Atom x5-Z8300 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P540 and Atom x5-Z8300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data2 GB
Max memory channelsno data1
Maximum memory bandwidthno data12.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail) (200 - 500 MHz)
Max video memoryno data2 GB
Graphics max frequencyno data500 MHz
Execution Unitsno data12

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion II P540 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Turion II P540 and Atom x5-Z8300 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data1920x1080

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II P540 and Atom x5-Z8300.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data1
USB revisionno data3.0

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
+17.6%
Atom x5-Z8300 0.51

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
+17.2%
Atom x5-Z8300 814

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
+115%
Atom x5-Z8300 131

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
+47.2%
Atom x5-Z8300 354

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 P540 2160
+129%
Atom x5-Z8300 942

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 P540 4181
+42.5%
Atom x5-Z8300 2934

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
+21.1%
Atom x5-Z8300 1691

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.60 0.51
Recency 12 May 2010 2 March 2015
Physical cores 2 4
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 14 nm

Turion II P540 has a 17.6% higher aggregate performance score.

Atom x5-Z8300, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Turion II P540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Atom x5-Z8300 in performance tests.


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