AMD Turion II M500 vs FX-9800P
Combined performance score
FX-9800P outperforms Turion II M500 by 202% in our combined benchmark results.
General info
Comparing FX-9800P and Turion II M500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
Place in performance ranking | 1939 | 2680 |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
Series | AMD Bristol Ridge | AMD Turion II |
Architecture codename | Bristol Ridge (2016−2019) | Caspian (2009) |
Release date | 1 June 2016 (7 years old) | 10 September 2009 (14 years old) |
Current price | $926 | $100 |
Technical specs
FX-9800P and Turion II M500 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 | 2.7 GHz | no data |
Boost clock speed | 3.6 GHz | 2.2 GHz |
Bus support | no data | 3600 MHz |
L2 cache | 2 MB | 1 MB |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
Die size | 250 mm2 | no data |
Maximum core temperature | 90 °C | no data |
Number of transistors | 3100 Million | no data |
64 bit support | + | + |
Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Unlocked multiplier | No | No |
Compatibility
Information on FX-9800P and Turion II M500 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 | no data | Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin |
Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by FX-9800P and Turion II M500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
Instruction set extensions | Dual-Channel DDR3/DDR4-1866 Memory Controller, PCIe 3.0 x8 | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization |
PowerNow | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by FX-9800P and Turion II M500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | no data |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) | 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.
FX-9800P outperforms Turion II M500 by 202% in our combined benchmark results.
wPrime 32
wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.
Benchmark coverage: 18%
Turion II M500 outperforms FX-9800P by 141% in wPrime 32.
Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core
Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
FX-9800P outperforms Turion II M500 by 136% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.
Advantages and disadvantages
Performance score | 1.66 | 0.55 |
Recency | 1 June 2016 | 10 September 2009 |
Physical cores | 4 | 2 |
Threads | 4 | 2 |
Chip lithography | 28 nm | 45 nm |
Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 35 Watt |
The FX-9800P is our recommended choice as it beats the Turion II M500 in performance tests.
Should you still have questions on choice between FX-9800P and Turion II M500, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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