i5-540UM vs Turion II P560

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Aggregate performance score

Turion II P560
2010
2 cores / 2 threads, 25 Watt
0.55
Core i5-540UM
2010
2 cores / 4 threads, 18 Watt
0.63
+14.5%

Core i5-540UM outperforms Turion II P560 by a moderate 15% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

Comparing Turion II P560 and Core i5-540UM processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking28272764
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesAMD Turion IIIntel Core i5
Power efficiency2.073.30
Architecture codenameChamplain (2010−2011)Arrandale (2010−2011)
Release date19 October 2010 (14 years ago)24 May 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$250

Detailed specifications

Turion II P560 and Core i5-540UM 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 data1.2 GHz
Boost clock speed2.5 GHz2 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 1.0
Bus rate3600 MHz1 × 2.5 GT/s
Multiplierno data9
L1 cache265 KB128 KB
L2 cache2 MB512 KB
L3 cacheno data3 MB
Chip lithography45 nm32 nm
Die sizeno data81+114 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data105 °C
Number of transistorsno data382+177 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Turion II P560 and Core i5-540UM 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)
SocketS1BGA1288
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt18 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Turion II P560 and Core i5-540UM. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX, 3DNow!, SSE(1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
AES-NI-+
FMA-+
VirusProtect+-
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data+
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
PAEno data36 Bit
FDIno data+
Fast Memory Accessno data+

Security technologies

Turion II P560 and Core i5-540UM technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Turion II P560 and Core i5-540UM are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Turion II P560 and Core i5-540UM. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR3
Maximum memory sizeno data8 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data12.799 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel® HD Graphics for Previous Generation Intel® Processors
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data500 MHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Turion II P560 and Core i5-540UM integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Turion II P560 and Core i5-540UM.

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 P560 0.55
i5-540UM 0.63
+14.5%

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 P560 878
i5-540UM 1002
+14.1%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.55 0.63
Recency 19 October 2010 24 May 2010
Threads 2 4
Chip lithography 45 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 18 Watt

Turion II P560 has an age advantage of 4 months.

i5-540UM, on the other hand, has a 14.5% higher aggregate performance score, 100% more threads, a 40.6% more advanced lithography process, and 38.9% lower power consumption.

The Core i5-540UM is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II P560 in performance tests.


Should you still have questions on choice between Turion II P560 and Core i5-540UM, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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