Turion II M540 vs Pentium Dual T2330

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	3402	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Pentium Dual Core	AMD Turion II
Power efficiency	0.36	no data
Designer	Intel	AMD
Architecture codename	Merom (2006−2008)	Caspian (2009)
Release date	no data	10 September 2009 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium Dual Core T2330 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	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Boost clock speed	1.6 GHz	2.4 GHz
Bus rate	533 MHz	3600 MHz
L1 cache	no data	128 KB
L2 cache	no data	1 MB
Chip lithography	65 nm	45 nm
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Pentium Dual Core T2330 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.

Socket	no data	Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	35 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium Dual Core T2330 and Turion II M540. 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
PowerNow	-	+

Pros & cons summary

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Chip lithography

65 nm

45 nm