Pentium 997 vs Turion II P540

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II P540
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.60
+17.6%
Pentium 997
2012
2 cores / 2 threads, 17 Watt
0.51

Turion II P540 outperforms Pentium 997 by a moderate 18% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Turion II P540 Turion II P540
Pentium 997 Pentium 997

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P540 and Pentium 997 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking27912868
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIIntel Pentium
Power efficiency2.272.84
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)1 September 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$134

Detailed specifications

Turion II P540 and Pentium 997 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
Base clock speedno data1.6 GHz
Boost clock speed2.4 GHz1.6 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 2.0
Bus rate3600 MHz4 × 5 GT/s
Multiplierno data16
L1 cache128 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB256K (per core)
L3 cacheno data2 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data131 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Number of transistorsno data504 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P540 and Pentium 997 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)FCBGA1023
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt17 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P540 and Pentium 997. 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® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
FMA-+
VirusProtect+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
My WiFino data-
Turbo Boost Technologyno data-
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data-
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
Demand Based Switchingno data-
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Turion II P540 and Pentium 997 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data-
EDBno data+
Anti-Theftno data-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P540 and Pentium 997 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 Pentium 997. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data16 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data21.335 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel HD Graphics for 2nd Generation Intel Processors
Graphics max frequencyno data1 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion II P540 and Pentium 997 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2
eDPno data+
DisplayPort-+
HDMI-+
SDVOno data+
CRTno data+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II P540 and Pentium 997.

PCIe versionno data2.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

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%
Pentium 997 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
+17.9%
Pentium 997 809

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
+16.6%
Pentium 997 241

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
+22.6%
Pentium 997 425

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 0.60 0.51
Recency 12 May 2010 1 September 2012
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 17 Watt

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

Pentium 997, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 47.1% lower power consumption.

The Turion II P540 is our recommended choice as it beats the Pentium 997 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P540 and Pentium 997, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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