Turion II M540 vs Atom 230

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	3688	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Atom	AMD Turion II
Power efficiency	1.06	no data
Designer	Intel	AMD
Architecture codename	Silverthorne (2008−2010)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	2 April 2008 (17 years ago)	10 September 2009 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$29	no data

Detailed specifications

Atom 230 and Turion II M540 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	1 (Single-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	1.6 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	0.1 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus type	FSB	no data
Bus rate	533.33 MT/s	3600 MHz
Multiplier	12	no data
L1 cache	56 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	512 KB	1 MB
L3 cache	0 KB	no data
Chip lithography	45 nm	45 nm
Die size	25.9638 mm2	no data
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	47 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
VID voltage range	0.9V-1.1625V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Atom 230 and Turion II M540 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	PBGA437	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom 230 and Turion II M540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow	-	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	-	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Atom 230 and Turion II M540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	-	no data
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom 230 and Turion II M540 are enumerated here.

VT-d	-	no data
VT-x	-	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom 230 and Turion II M540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Maximum memory size

8 GB

no data

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 April 2008	10 September 2009
Physical cores	1	2
Power consumption (TDP)	4 Watt	35 Watt

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