AMD Turion II P540 vs AMD Mobile Sempron SI-40

Comparative analysis of AMD Turion II P540 and AMD Mobile Sempron SI-40 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Turion II P540

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
  • 1 more threads: 2 vs 1
  • Around 20% higher clock speed: 2.4 GHz vs 2 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 48% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 936 vs 631
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 954 vs 288
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 12 May 2010 vs 4 July 2008
Number of cores 2 vs 1
Number of threads 2 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz vs 2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 65 nm
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 936 vs 631
PassMark - CPU mark 954 vs 288

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Turion II P540
CPU 2: AMD Mobile Sempron SI-40

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
936
631
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
954
288
Name AMD Turion II P540 AMD Mobile Sempron SI-40
PassMark - Single thread mark 936 631
PassMark - CPU mark 954 288
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 309
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 594

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Turion II P540 AMD Mobile Sempron SI-40

Essentials

Architecture codename Champlain Sable
Launch date 12 May 2010 4 July 2008
Place in performance rating 2779 2805
Price now $49.95
Series AMD Turion II AMD Mobile Sempron
Value for money (0-100) 8.49
Vertical segment Laptop Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
Front-side bus (FSB) 3600 MHz 1800 MHz
L1 cache 128 KB
L2 cache 2048 KB 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 65 nm
Maximum frequency 2.4 GHz 2 GHz
Number of cores 2 1
Number of threads 2 1
Maximum core temperature 100 °C

Compatibility

Sockets supported S1 (S1g4) S1g2
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 25 Watt

Advanced Technologies

VirusProtect

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)