AMD A10-7300 vs AMD Turion II M540

Comparative analysis of AMD A10-7300 and AMD Turion II M540 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD A10-7300

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 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: 28 nm vs 45 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 75% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 91% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 1743 vs 912
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 June 2014 vs 10 September 2009
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 1024 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 1743 vs 912

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II M540

  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 967 vs 864
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 967 vs 864

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD A10-7300
CPU 2: AMD Turion II M540

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
864
967
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1743
912
Name AMD A10-7300 AMD Turion II M540
PassMark - Single thread mark 864 967
PassMark - CPU mark 1743 912
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 303
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 0.897
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 10.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.124
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 994
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2948
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 994
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1904
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2948

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD A10-7300 AMD Turion II M540

Essentials

Architecture codename Kaveri Caspian
Family AMD A-Series Processors
Launch date 4 June 2014 10 September 2009
OPN Tray AM7300ECH44JA
Place in performance rating 2324 2329
Series AMD A10-Series APU for Laptops AMD Turion II
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 1.9 GHz
Compute Cores 10
Die size 245 mm
L2 cache 4 MB 1024 KB
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 2
Number of GPU cores 6
Number of threads 4 2
Transistor count 2410 Million
Unlocked
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz
L1 cache 128 KB

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory types Not Listed

Graphics

Enduro
Graphics max frequency 553 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics AMD Radeon R6 Graphics
Switchable graphics
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Codec Engine (VCE)

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
HDMI

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
Vulkan

Compatibility

Sockets supported FP3 Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 35 Watt

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Advanced Technologies

AMD App Acceleration
AMD Elite Experiences
AMD HD3D technology
AMD Mantle API
Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Frame Rate Target Control (FRTC)
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Fused Multiply-Add 4 (FMA4)
Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Out-of-band client management
PowerGating
PowerNow
System Image Stability
TrueAudio
VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
IOMMU 2.0