Turion II Ultra M640 vs Pentium G2030

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking2687not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Turion II Ultra
Power efficiency1.95no data
DesignerIntelAMD
Architecture codenameno dataCaspian (2009)
Release date1 April 2013 (12 years ago)10 September 2009 (16 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium G2030 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 cores2 (Dual-core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads22
Base clock speed3 GHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2.6 GHz
Bus rate5 GT/s3600 MHz
L2 cacheno data2 MB
L3 cache3 MB Intel® Smart Cacheno data
Chip lithography22 nm45 nm
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Pentium G2030 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 configuration1no data
SocketFCLGA1155Socket S1 (s1g3) 638-pin
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt2 MB

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium G2030 and Turion II Ultra M640. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, Enhanced 3DNow!, NX bit, AMD64, PowerNow!, AMD Virtualization
PowerNow-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
My WiFi-no data
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-

Security technologies

Pentium G2030 and Turion II Ultra M640 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB+no data
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium G2030 and Turion II Ultra M640 are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium G2030 and Turion II Ultra M640. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1333, DDR3-1600DDR2
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel HD Graphics for 3rd Generation Intel Processorsno data
Graphics max frequency1.05 GHzno data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium G2030 and Turion II Ultra M640 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported3no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium G2030 and Turion II Ultra M640.

PCIe version2.0no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2013 10 September 2009
Chip lithography 22 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 2 Watt

Pentium G2030 has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 104.5% more advanced lithography process.

Turion II Ultra M640, on the other hand, has 2650% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Intel Pentium G2030 and AMD Turion II Ultra M640. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Pentium G2030 is a desktop processor while Turion II Ultra M640 is a notebook one.

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