AMD A10-4657M vs AMD Turion II M540

Comparative analysis of AMD A10-4657M and AMD Turion II M540 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-4657M

• CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
• 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
• 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
• Around 33% higher clock speed: 3.2 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 32 nm vs 45 nm
• 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
• Around 93% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1759 vs 912

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II M540

• Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 967 vs 940

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A10-4657M
CPU 2: AMD Turion II M540

PassMark - Single thread mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	940 967
PassMark - CPU mark	CPU 1 CPU 2	1759 912

Compare specifications (specs)