Turion II M520 vs Athlon PRO 300GE
Aggregate performance score
Athlon PRO 300GE outperforms Turion II M520 by a whopping 373% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 2014 | 3164 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | AMD Athlon | AMD Turion II |
| Power efficiency | 2.97 | 0.63 |
| Designer | AMD | AMD |
| Manufacturer | GlobalFoundries | no data |
| Architecture codename | Dali (2019−2021) | Caspian (2009) |
| Release date | 30 September 2019 (6 years ago) | 10 September 2009 (16 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
Athlon PRO 300GE and Turion II M520 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 | 2 (Dual-core) | 2 (Dual-core) |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Bus rate | no data | 3600 MHz |
| Multiplier | 34 | no data |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 512 KB (per core) | 1 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | no data |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Die size | 209.78 mm2 | no data |
| Number of transistors | 3,500 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Athlon PRO 300GE and Turion II M520 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.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | no data |
| Socket | AM4 | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Turion II M520. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| PowerNow | - | + |
| Precision Boost 2 | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Turion II M520 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Turion II M520. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | no data |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon Vega 3 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Athlon PRO 300GE and Turion II M520.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 2.46 | 0.52 |
| Recency | 30 September 2019 | 10 September 2009 |
| Threads | 4 | 2 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 45 nm |
Athlon PRO 300GE has a 373% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, 100% more threads, and a 221% more advanced lithography process.
The AMD Athlon PRO 300GE is our recommended choice as it beats the AMD Turion II M520 in performance tests.
Be aware that Athlon PRO 300GE is a server/workstation processor while Turion II M520 is a notebook one.
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