Turion II M560 vs Turion II P540

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P540 and Turion II M560 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2786not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIAMD Turion II
Power efficiency2.26no data
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Caspian (2009)
Release date12 May 2010 (14 years ago)10 September 2009 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Turion II P540 and Turion II M560 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 speed2.4 GHz2.5 GHz
Bus rate3600 MHz3600 MHz
L1 cache128 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB1 MB
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P540 and Turion II M560 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)Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P540 and Turion II M560. 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 3.0MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow-+
VirusProtect+-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P540 and Turion II M560 are enumerated here.

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Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P540 and Turion II M560. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 May 2010 10 September 2009
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 35 Watt

Turion II P540 has an age advantage of 8 months, and 40% lower power consumption.

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