Turion II Ultra M640 vs Atom Z520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3683not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel AtomAMD Turion II Ultra
Power efficiency3.75no data
DesignerIntelAMD
Architecture codenameSilverthorne (2008−2010)Caspian (2009)
Release date2 April 2008 (17 years ago)10 September 2009 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$65no data

Detailed specifications

Atom Z520 and Turion II Ultra M640 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 cores1 (Single-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed1.33 GHzno data
Boost clock speed0.03 GHz2.6 GHz
Bus typeFSBno data
Bus rate533.33 MT/s3600 MHz
Multiplier10no data
L1 cache56 KBno data
L2 cache512 KB2 MB
L3 cache0 KBno data
Chip lithography45 nm45 nm
Die size24.18 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature90 °Cno data
Number of transistors47 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.75-1.1Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Atom Z520 and Turion II Ultra M640 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketPBGA441Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)2 Watt2 MB

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom Z520 and Turion II Ultra M640. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE2, Intel® SSE3, Intel® SSSE3MMX, 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
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching+no data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Atom Z520 and Turion II Ultra M640 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 Z520 and Turion II Ultra M640 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom Z520 and Turion II Ultra M640. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2008 10 September 2009
Physical cores 1 2

Turion II Ultra M640 has an age advantage of 1 year, and 100% more physical cores.

We couldn't decide between Intel Atom Z520 and AMD Turion II Ultra M640. We've got no test results to judge.

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