Turion II P540 vs A8-7100

Place in the ranking	2440	2791
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	AMD Kaveri	AMD Turion II
Power efficiency	5.13	2.27
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)	Champlain (2010−2011)
Release date	4 June 2014 (10 years ago)	12 May 2010 (14 years ago)

Detailed specifications

A8-7100 and Turion II P540 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 cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	1.8 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	no data	3600 MHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	4096 KB	2 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Die size	245 mm²	no data
Number of transistors	2410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on A8-7100 and Turion II P540 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.

Socket	FP3	S1 (S1g4)
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	25 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by A8-7100 and Turion II P540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA	MMX, 3DNow, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4A, AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0
AES-NI	+	-
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	-
FRTC	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
PowerNow	+	-
PowerGating	+	-
Out-of-band client management	+	-
VirusProtect	+	+
HSA	+	-

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by A8-7100 and Turion II P540 are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	+	-

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by A8-7100 and Turion II P540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1600	DDR3
Max memory channels	2	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics	no data
iGPU core count	4	no data
Enduro	+	-
Switchable graphics	+	-
UVD	+	-
VCE	+	-

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of A8-7100 and Turion II P540 integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Graphics API support

APIs supported by A8-7100 and Turion II P540 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by A8-7100 and Turion II P540.

PCIe version

3.0

no data

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.

A8-7100 1.03
+71.7%

Turion II P540 0.60

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.

A8-7100 1638
+71.7%

Turion II P540 954

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

A8-7100 256

Turion II P540 281
+9.8%

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

A8-7100 577
+10.7%

Turion II P540 521

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

A8-7100 1379

Turion II P540 2160
+56.6%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

A8-7100 4134

Turion II P540 4181
+1.1%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

A8-7100 2225
+8.7%

Turion II P540 2047

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.03	0.60
Recency	4 June 2014	12 May 2010
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	28 nm	45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	19 Watt	25 Watt

A8-7100 has a 71.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 31.6% lower power consumption.

The A8-7100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II P540 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between A8-7100 and Turion II P540, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.