AMD Turion II P540 vs Intel Mobile Pentium 4 3.06
Comparative analysis of AMD Turion II P540 and Intel Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Memory. 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 6 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- 1 more cores, run more applications at once: 2 vs 1
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
- 16x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
- 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 70 Watt
- Around 43% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 937 vs 657
- 2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 954 vs 347
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 12 May 2010 vs June 2003 |
Number of cores | 2 vs 1 |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm vs 130 nm |
L1 cache | 128 KB vs 8 KB |
L2 cache | 2048 KB vs 512 KB |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt vs 70 Watt |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - Single thread mark | 937 vs 657 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 954 vs 347 |
Reasons to consider the Intel Mobile Pentium 4 3.06
- Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.07 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Maximum frequency | 3.07 GHz vs 2.4 GHz |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Turion II P540
CPU 2: Intel Mobile Pentium 4 3.06
PassMark - Single thread mark |
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PassMark - CPU mark |
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Name | AMD Turion II P540 | Intel Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 937 | 657 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 954 | 347 |
Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 309 | |
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 594 |
Compare specifications (specs)
AMD Turion II P540 | Intel Mobile Pentium 4 3.06 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Champlain | Northwood |
Launch date | 12 May 2010 | June 2003 |
Place in performance rating | 2781 | 2771 |
Price now | $49.95 | |
Series | AMD Turion II | |
Value for money (0-100) | 8.49 | |
Vertical segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Performance |
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64 bit support | ||
Front-side bus (FSB) | 3600 MHz | |
L1 cache | 128 KB | 8 KB |
L2 cache | 2048 KB | 512 KB |
Manufacturing process technology | 45 nm | 130 nm |
Maximum frequency | 2.4 GHz | 3.07 GHz |
Number of cores | 2 | 1 |
Number of threads | 2 | |
Die size | 131 mm | |
Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 74 °C | |
Transistor count | 55 million | |
Compatibility |
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Sockets supported | S1 (S1g4) | 478 |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 25 Watt | 70 Watt |
Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | |
Advanced Technologies |
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VirusProtect | ||
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology | ||
Virtualization |
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AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) | ||
Memory |
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Supported memory types | DDR1, DDR2 |