Turion X2 RM-75 vs Turion II P540
Primary details
Comparing Turion II P540 and Turion X2 RM-75 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2789 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Turion II | 2x AMD Turion |
| Power efficiency | 2.27 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Champlain (2010−2011) | Lion (2008−2009) |
| Release date | 12 May 2010 (14 years ago) | 1 January 2009 (15 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Turion II P540 and Turion X2 RM-75 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) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 2 | 2 |
| Boost clock speed | 2.4 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
| Bus rate | 3600 MHz | 4000 MHz |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | no data | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Turion II P540 and Turion X2 RM-75 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 configuration | no data | 1 |
| Socket | S1 (S1g4) | S1 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P540 and Turion X2 RM-75. 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 | MMX, 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 X2 RM-75 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P540 and Turion X2 RM-75. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 12 May 2010 | 1 January 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 45 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 35 Watt |
Turion II P540 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 44.4% more advanced lithography process, and 40% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Turion II P540 and Turion X2 RM-75. We've got no test results to judge.
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